Post #190099 by GMAN on Sat, Oct 1, 2005 10:59 AM

Yep, I get it bad. I use a chainsaw with an elastomer mounted handle, so that cuts down on it a bit. I've had it and carpel tunnel for about 20 years. Commercial fishing and setting thousands of longline clips really sets me off, as does using a knife to clean hundreds of fish at a time. Recently, my symptoms have remained as sort of a numbness (like anesthesia) that lingers for a few hours or up to a day after a carving project. Whenever I have discussed it with a MD and say "it feels like this when I do that" they always say "then don't do that". Idiots. My wife is finishing up her last rotations and graduates medical school in May, I'll have her tend to my injuries instead of these HMO driven puppet-doctors.

-Gman