Sorry mods, should have put this in the cafe. Now, where's the crawl and scrape emoticon? :P
Mark xx
oops, mouse trouble, meant this to go into poetry corner, sorry. perhaps a moderator will kindly move it.
ta very much
mark x
You are the dove,
You are the toad,
You are the long and winding road,
You sing to me,
I obey your chimes,
The sun resigns,
And you call it a sign of the times.
My tears a river,
Before you deliver,
My chains of love,
Cut heart from its glove.
Your perfume is high,
My eyes turn to catch it,
Before your absence of scent,
Is lost in my descent,
Spent on the road,
Dry as the toad,
Eaten by the love, the dove, and the spattered embers of the sun,
That died so our love could be begun.
To you I raise this glass,
I kiss your soul alass,
You have gone,
Your heart, you say, has moved on,
Mine twists, feels shat upon.,
To town, to market, so long for now,
Take that frown, wipe this brow,
Clean your face, little angel,
Eat dirt and grow healthy,
Look again for love, freedom and another dove.
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A little creative upsurge, love mark x
My advice is take it seriously, your dissertation is not as important as your wrist. I had to stop work when my RSI got so bad I couldn't carry on and I have not been able to earn a living since and have no prospect of going back to my old job. That's 2.5 years ago. I wanted a career change and am lucky that I had a supportive company and my own insurance, so this has been easy for me. For most people it is more like a disaster, even if they do recover and a high proportion don't. Some are badly crippled.
RSI varies a lot from person to person so my story will differ from yours (i.e. severity, damage done, recovery or not) but I joined an RSI support group and met a lot of people who were far more damaged than me. One thing that I think is universal is the longer you leave it before taking the pain (which is your body saying "stop this is causing damage") seriously, then the longer it will take to heal and the less recovery you are likely to get.
Most people find it harder to say no to the work than to their body and let it build up and build up until their body just gives in. This is a really really really bad thing to do. I've told several people with early signs this before, and none has taken heed. I didn't either, so I know how hard it is to do the right thing!
Sorry to be so drastic. And how am I able to type this you ask? Well, I have to pace myself very carefully, and not just typing. Yes, you probably realise that your wrist is handy for lots of activities, and the ones affected most probably involve rapid repetitive motions. Hmm, yes. THOSE ACTIVITIES WILL SUFFER!
What to do? Get it diagnosed and get serious about not causing any more damage. That will mean stopping doing anything that causes pain, and as for typing with the other hand, well that is a great way of damaging the other wrist because you'll be putting even more load on that (bin there done that).
It makes no sense to give out remedies because everyone's RSI tends to be different and I'd need to know a lot more to say anything. Ideally you need an expert. Your GP isn't one, and consultants are frequently not either. I know a good guy in Harley St. You could also try alternative health people who advertise expertise - look for a support group. Post on a mailing list devoted to RSI etc.
I think this is a good one and it has other useful links too
Speech recognition software might be your best bet for your dissertation, but it isn't easy to use. It frequently takes quite a bit of getting used to, and that takes time and patience, and if you are stressed and in a hurry you won't have that. I tried IBM ViaVoice and Dragon NaturallySpeaking and Dragon was by far the best, but other people will tell you the opposite (which is why I started with IBM ViaVoice!).
Hope some of this helps. If you want to speak to me about RSI I'd be happy for you to phone or email me about it.
Mark
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