This happens far too regularly and yet, it still catches me unawares, a
total surprise. This afternoon, just relaxing with my faithful pooch laying
beside me on the sofa,, when a sudden griping, annoyingly discomforting, ache
in the armpits, brings back the feelings of nausea. Shortly after this griping
ache a throbbing pain takes over my elbows, whilst wrists ache in a manner
similar to carpal tunnel syndrome.
Sometimes the application of elbow and/or wrist supports serve to
alleviate the nausea sensation and, the throbbing aches gradually subside; on
other occasions even opioid painkillers fail to dispel the more severe
discomforting pain. Quite frequently the armpit pain occurs when I’ve been
holding a tabloid size newspaper or a tablet PC for more than a few minutes;
when this occurs I have to discard my cardigan as the armpit seems overly
constricted but application of a shoulder support, which settles more tightly
in the armpits, can sometimes alleviate the discomforting pain.
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The first two paragraphs were written on two separate days, the usual
problems, as described above, prevented me from spending sufficient time on the
laptop to rediscover the document so far. I’m managing to keep posting to my
twitter feed and almost keeping up with facebook posts, primarily via tablet,
but concentration tends to dissipate as soon as the aches and pains begin.
Today the armpit pain came on more acutely, even though I wasn’t holding
either newspaper or tablet. Donning of a shoulder support which fitted quite
tightly in the armpit did distract me from the initial acute pain but, within a
minute it was necessary to don wrist and palm supports to alleviate an intense,
tear inducing, discomforting pain in my wrists. It was necessary, today, to
resort to a couple of 50mg Tramadol.
I realize this may be much ado about nothing but, it may help to explain
the paucity of posts from yours truly.
