Friday 05/29/2026
Friday morning muffin walk with Joanne. Then back to watch a video about Cubigo in preparation for the 11am meeting of the new ResTech group, same as the old AI group. We had a long inconclusive conversation with IT czar Jean about how we can help with the installation of the Cubigo platform.
After lunch and a nap, I spent an hour with the guitar.
Later the wrist brace I ordered yesterday arrived (say what you like about Amazon, it is remarkable). Let’s see, have I talked about this? For some time I’ve had the problem that under certain conditions, the thumb, first and second fingers of my left hand go numb. One annoying time is when playing the guitar. Hard to finger chords with numb fingers. Lately I have found that if I just hold the neck somewhat forward of the usual position, so my elbow is less bent, I could avoid or at least delay the onset. But I also sometimes wake in the night and find those fingers numb, because I’ve been sleeping on my left with my hand up by my chin. And there are other times. like sometimes when driving. All seem to relate to a bent elbow and a closed hand.
My doctor says this is almost always a symptom of carpal tunnel syndrome, with the median nerve compressed by the muscles at the base of the hand. I was dubious about that (I suspected the compression was in the elbow) but I ordered a wrist brace.
Tonight I put it on and went down to the sing-along in the lobby. Sitting in a chair there, with my hand in my lap, I noticed that those three fingers were going numb. I took the brace off. The numbness went away. I put it on and after a few minutes, numb again. The brace, with its stiff plate against the inner wrist and palm, was causing the numbness.
Now what have I learned? Is the doctor right, and all my numbness is from compression of the carpal tunnel? Or is this showing that pressure on the carpal tunnel can cause numbness, but is not necessarily the same cause as other times?
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