Comments on: Monday Musings – A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words Edition

By: Adric

Adric — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 03:56:13 +0000

i have chronic hand pain as well and i found that the only thing that has helped me was going ot see a chiropractor! when i was first referred to one i was in shock and totally not into it but dang did it help and they not only worked on my hands but on my neck and shoulders too they said alot of my hand pain was being caused further up the chain so if they are not finding anything wrong with your hands they may need to look farther up. do have to say my hands were a work related injury and they could not find any cause of the pain just that it was there and it will never go away fully but that a chiroprator is the only relief i got from the pain was amazing good luck with your hand pain!

By: Juulna

Juulna — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:39:53 +0000

Yeah, it’s an NSAID and you can get it at a drugstore easy. I don’t know as much as Deppi here, though!
Aleve is another good NSAID, but yes… always limit your use. Liver disease can occur… even with too much acetaminophen.

Good luck with everything

By: Deppi

Deppi — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 06:43:55 +0000

It’s one of the brands of topical Diclofenac – a NSAID. Yes, you should be able to get it over the counter.
It is very good.
I am very surprised your doctor didn’t at least suggest trying it. NSAIDS are a pretty standard way of treating inflammation, either as a topical gel like Voltaren or as a tablet like Mobic (Meloxicam-which needs to be prescribed). Maybe she is thinking down different pathways and not sharing her thinking with you?
My husband would tell you that once the pain is bearable you should try to limit your use of the gel as much as possible, as it comes with an increased risk of peptic ulcer (but he works with adverse events and doesn’t ever deal with the millions of people who DIDN’T get a peptic ulcer.)

By: Beruthiel

Beruthiel — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:39:17 +0000

Thanks for the feedback! I will definately ask about it

What is Voltaren Emulgel? Something that I can pick up at the drug store?

By: Beruthiel

Beruthiel — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:38:35 +0000

Where to start…

I have swelling in my knuckles, stiffness in my fingers, and swelling in the soft tissue in both my fingers and the top of my hands. It started with my right hand, but it is pretty equal in both now. The pain in my fingers is fairly sharp pain – and I would say that it’s muscle pain, but I could be wrong as it’s hard to tell if the pain is in the actual knuckle or in the muscle in between. The tissue swelling on the top of my hands comes with a more burning type pain.

I am debating asking for a referral to a specialist, as my primary care doctor has been less than stellar with dealing with it (or me for that matter) and I am not sure I trust her (perhaps that’s a sign it’s time to find a new doctor?).

By: Beruthiel

Beruthiel — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:33:35 +0000

I really like Hannah and Cameron! I think those two are probably my favorites

By: Juulna

Juulna — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 12:38:35 +0000

I’ve been gaming for at least seven years and about five years ago I started to notice lots of pain (back, shoulder, hands, legs, etc). Of course it would get better when I wasn’t on my computer but it would still stick around – I thought it was computer-related such as repetitive strain injury. We tried lots of things but it would only alleviate the pain slightly.

Eventually my doctor decided to test for the most unusual (we had done all the arthritic testing and whatnot). It turned out I had fibromyalgia. The testing is simple and your doctor can do it right in the exam room by testing your myofascial trigger points.

Things didn’t get immediately better but as I learned to look for signs, took some daily medicine, exercised and dieted… my pain became less.

I can’t say that’s what you have and I’m not quite suggesting it is… but I had all the same signs as you did, and then it turns out I had FM. Worth looking at I think!

Also, ice and Voltaren Emulgel is great for hand pain. Great!

And, I really need to get back into raiding. We had some great players in T11 but some not so great ones… and it just sort of drained the will to raid out of my boyfriend and I, who is the guild and raid leader. But I guess we gotta tough it out xD

By: Will

Will — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 00:52:55 +0000

For your hands, is it joint pain, muscle pain or generalized pain? Is it worse in one hand or equally bad in both? Are you doing anything for it Ice / NSAIDS?

By: Sound

Sound — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 00:49:46 +0000

Who is your favorite on the Glee Project?! I must know.