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2 years ago
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It's been a while!
Omg, looking back, did my arm injury really start 9 months ago? Damn, I carried this thing to full term. :P
Really, I just wanted to take this time say thank you to everyone who's still hanging around, despite the fact I really haven't been able to draw at full capacity in almost a year. I know a lot of my posts lately have been short-form, and it pains me to not be able to create all the things I want to, but things have been getting better. And honestly, seeing your comments always brings me so much joy.
So update, yes~
Last July I was at 1hr a day of drawing... Today, I'm at 4hrs/day >:D !
We know a lot more now than we did then. Tests and tests and many more tests. (Who else here has had an EMG? Oh. MY god. Can someone relate to me with that?? That was a bitch.)
My official diagnosis is double crush syndrome, basically from poor posture caused my muscles to warp wrongly around my ulnar nerve in my shoulder. Drawing so much each day caused irritation at the wrist, which would have been fine if my shoulder was normal. But because it wasn't, I had essentially built a time bomb of nerve-explosion, and I landed on my arm wrong in July aaand that's all it took!
Rehabilitation is going well. MUCH better now that we know what the issue is ^^
Still a long road to recovery, because the healing process is basically breaking down my old, crappy muscle structure with dry-needling, then re-training my arm to hold itself up properly through lots of exercise and lots sports tape so we can build up the correct muscle structure. You know how braces on teeth align things, but it takes super long? My physiotherapist said that's kinda the idea with this as well.
But she's awesome, and oh my god it's so good to finally know what's going on in my weird little body.
(Also I started training myself in ambidexterity in case something like this ever happens again. Next up I'll have a cool party trick!)
Here's to recovery! (>v<)b
Omg, looking back, did my arm injury really start 9 months ago? Damn, I carried this thing to full term. :P
Really, I just wanted to take this time say thank you to everyone who's still hanging around, despite the fact I really haven't been able to draw at full capacity in almost a year. I know a lot of my posts lately have been short-form, and it pains me to not be able to create all the things I want to, but things have been getting better. And honestly, seeing your comments always brings me so much joy.
So update, yes~
Last July I was at 1hr a day of drawing... Today, I'm at 4hrs/day >:D !
We know a lot more now than we did then. Tests and tests and many more tests. (Who else here has had an EMG? Oh. MY god. Can someone relate to me with that?? That was a bitch.)
My official diagnosis is double crush syndrome, basically from poor posture caused my muscles to warp wrongly around my ulnar nerve in my shoulder. Drawing so much each day caused irritation at the wrist, which would have been fine if my shoulder was normal. But because it wasn't, I had essentially built a time bomb of nerve-explosion, and I landed on my arm wrong in July aaand that's all it took!
Rehabilitation is going well. MUCH better now that we know what the issue is ^^
Still a long road to recovery, because the healing process is basically breaking down my old, crappy muscle structure with dry-needling, then re-training my arm to hold itself up properly through lots of exercise and lots sports tape so we can build up the correct muscle structure. You know how braces on teeth align things, but it takes super long? My physiotherapist said that's kinda the idea with this as well.
But she's awesome, and oh my god it's so good to finally know what's going on in my weird little body.
(Also I started training myself in ambidexterity in case something like this ever happens again. Next up I'll have a cool party trick!)
Here's to recovery! (>v<)b
Thanks so much ^^
Thank you ^^
I'm happy you're on the road to recovery, though! Keep taking care of yourself. ^^
It is great to hear such positive news and of your progress! Keep up the process, and good luck with the recovery moving forward! :D
Thank you so much ^^
Thank you so very much for the kind words ^^
Stay strong 💪
Thank you so much for the kind and encouraging words, especially coming from someone who went through a long injury situation as well. <33
But like, to put insult to injury (literally), you had to get double the EMG?? That's so awful aaaaa >_< I am shaking the hand of your kidself, many many handshakes. Solidarity.
You're a wonderful person and push yourself very hard for work or passion, please go easy on yourself and I hope you get better soon.