a quick health update

I figured I’d better write down how things are going right now, because who knows what my health will be like in a little while... I quickly forget how things were a few weeks ago, how symptoms were and how it all started. So this is mainly just for myself, to remember it all. During the week of my birthday in May, I went to see my family doctor; my wrist had been hurting for a while, and I really wanted to find out what was causing it. The pain would come and go, but it would always subside if I got some rest. I wore my brace more often, and after a few days, it would go away. But it always came back. I thought maybe I’d overused it at work? Our family doctor examined my wrist and thought it might be tendonitis. So I got a referral to a hand therapist. There was a waiting list, and I was finally able to see him on July 6. The hand therapist examined me and asked me a lot of questions. I’ve posted about it here. To briefly summarize: he suspected the pain was caused by my hypermobile…