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Tale of a Light at the End of My Carpal Tunnel...

This blog has been a long time coming.  You see...around about February of this year...I started noticing some numbness and tingling in my left hand... my first thought was, that I had just slept on it.  It continued to get worse...actually starting in my right hand as well. In April...I had my annual physical with my PCP...and he did a little test.  He had me put my 2 hands together in an upside down position for approximately 60 seconds.  Guess what?  The numbness and tingling instantly returned.  He felt...that I had the start of carpal tunnel syndrome.   Like I had mentioned in a previous blog...why must everything be a syndrome?  Sounds so ominous. Just so happened that very afternoon...I had an appointment with my rheumatologist... so he told me to be sure and mention this to him.  I got to my appointment...and he did the exact same test as my PCP did...and lo and behold, the numbness and tingling began just like that. The...