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Hand and a Half

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Unfortunately this is not a post upon medieval bastard swords but rather my possible carpel tunnel syndrome. My symptoms afflicting my dominant right hand have progressively been getting worse. Numb fingers and tingling that runs up my forearm that gets worse at night. With the numbness I feel like I have only half a hand most days and the feeling of weakness resulting in dropping things.Most annoying.Of late I have been experiencing some swelling on my fingers-especially in the knuckle of my middle finger. I need to get an actual diagnosis but my visit to the clinic last week saw me leave as the wait list was crazy long.No doubt the result of the Flu season here in Canada. I have to get back to consult a doctor but in the meantime I discovered my archery bracer does keep my wrist in a neutral position while sleeping. I have also begun a regime of alternating heat and cool along with consuming more anti inflamation foods as part of my usual intermittent fasting way of eating. A

Medieval Archery

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Traditional archery with a decided medieval flare.

Rumors

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Of my blogger death are greatly exaggerated but my lack of posts is due to the demise of my venerable Dell laptop. It was well used and worthy of praise but after many years of service has finally expired. I am now undecided whether I will replace it as my first foray into smart phones is a definite learning curve but I am liking my Nokia window phone.If I can find workable apps to do the stuff I require I may just stay with a handheld device.Having just uploaded this blogger app this post will be the litmus test to determine if I will become a mobile blogger. Text uploaded easy enough as did the picture from my Picasa web album. So far so good....looks like I am back in (Blogger) action.