Gotta love work…
February 17, 2010
I started working as a cashier at a convenience store at the end of June of last year. I know, I know, probably not the smartest thing, but they offered me a paycheck, one we really needed. Anyways, since I’ve been standing all the time I can tell all the much more about how much my shins hurt. I’ve had problems with them since I went in the Army (yeah, I know an even bigger mistake, but I had no idea EDS existed back then). I was diagnosed with “shin splints” way back then, but I’ve since learned that just means I had pain in my shins (no duh!) and they didn’t really look any further than that. Now not only will my shins hurt I have developed bumps on my shins that will move around like it’s in the tissue somewhere. It sounds a lot like molluscoid pseudotumors have formed around where the muscle tore, but it is sometimes very painful. Another thing that I’ve noticed recently is that my right wrist seems to have lost a lot of it’s strength. I just can’t seem to make the muscles work as hard as they used to.
I don’t know if there’s anything that I can do about either. I might have to see about getting a wrist brace eventually. Anyways, maybe you all have some ideas as to what could help or what might cause the above. I’ve been thinking a lot about changing to another job… but what I have no clue. I guess for now I’ll keep going and going and hope that nothing fails me. lol
