I have been trying to avoid something for quite some time but unfortunately it's time to suck it up and face the facts. I have a problem, and it's not something as fun and trivial as "I'm addicted to buying yarn" or "I can stop spinning!" I wish it was that simple, but alas it's far more serious, and unequivocally hampers my ability to be addicted to my chosen hobbies of knitting and spinning. The problem: I may have developed carpel tunnel syndrome or some other repetitive stress disorder in my wrist.

Now I use words like "think" and "possibly" for two reasons; the first is I'm not a doctor, and the second is I have not actually been to a doctor. Mostly because I've taken the last month off with all the moving cities I've been going through and whatnot, I figured my wrist that was bugging me before just needed a break, then it would be back good as new. However after settling down and getting back into my regular knitting and spinning habits I've discovered, unhappily, that my wrist is hurting again just as much as ever. Apparently the injury is now being aggravated by the two things I do during any spare moment I have during the day.

? Kelly Gilliam, text and images, 2006. Reproduction without permission is prohibited.

Has that stopped me from knitting or spinning? Well,http://www.lebron9forcheaps.com/, not entirely, but I have toned it down a bit (although I did find myself gritting my teeth through pain so I could spin up the beautiful new teal merino I bought myself). My hands need something to do while I'm watching television,lebron 9 china, listening to the radio, listening to podcasts, etc.

There are a host of these injuries, and there are lots of people that have these problems. I've had jobs that are extremely repetitive and straining on my wrists, and this is a fairly recent occurrence, within the past six months I'd say, I thought these were supposed to take years to develop? Considering I've been knitting for the last five years, I don't think this injury can possibly be blamed on that, but rather a new job that had me doing the same tasks hundreds of times a day for forty hours a week.

Of course the easiest solution to all of this is to actually go to the doctor and hear what they have to say about the whole ordeal. However, I'm afraid that they'll tell me it's incurable - that I'll have to wear something on my wrist