Hi Guy's

Hi Guys

as it says in the title, I have nothing major to talk about this week.

The week at work has been long and hard. The weather has been pretty bad, but that should be no real surprise – it is winter after all.

The real text of the blog today is really going to sound like a moan, and to some extent it is. But it’s really been the main theme of the week.

As many of you will already know, I have quite an issue with my elbow.

As a quick reprise – the nerves and muscles constrict down to a small-ish area as they pass through the elbow and onto the lower arm and hand. In the case of most people, this is not a major issue. Some people have, however, various levels of what is known as either Tennis, or Golfers, elbow (the difference between the two is the pain is centred on different “sides” of the elbow). Some people suffer minor aches and pains, and then some are lucky like me.

To cut the story to the quick. My problem started as a lack of feeling in the centre fingers or my right hand.

Now, I’m waiting for an operation, and the consequence of this is the my elbow is now painful,, pretty much all of the day.

At it’s best, the best description I can give, is it’s like a dull “toothache”, at it’s worse, as it has been in the last couple of days, it is out and out painful.

But the worst of all is the lack of feeling. It is very difficult to describe the sensation to others, particularly as a text. It’s an odd sensation at best. When you touch with my right hand, my Thumb and small finger will “sense” what it touches – but, when the discomfort is at it’s worse, not only does my elbow “let me know” that it hurts, but the more disconcerting feeling is my “missing” fingers. It really is a very very odd feeling.

It is fairly uncomfortable now, as I type this – and most of this is being typed with one hand, my good hand.

The worse part, in some ways is the waiting – waiting for the letter with appointment to come.