starting on 2 books this week (The Right to Maim: Debility, Capacity, Disability and Red Vienna: Experiment in Working-Class Culture, 1919-1934); optimistically i’ll get both of these done in the next day or two

  • Alice@beehaw.org
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    3 months ago

    Horrible. Had some slight elbow pain at the gym. Went to the doctor. Told to keep it in a brace and not bend it. I swear the compression and the stiffness are making it worse, it’s gone from a little bit of pain beside my elbow to moderate pain all down my arm.

    People keep insisting it feels worse than it is and acting like I’m being stubborn when I say it wasn’t that bad at first. Everyone’s saying shit unprompted like “tennis elbow never gets better” or “we’re not ‘treating you like’ you’re disabled, chronic pain is a real disability!”

    My doctor told me that if, in the future, I do any kind of movement and it hurts my arm, I need to remember to “not do that movement again” because it’ll cause re-injury. So I guess I’m not supposed to lift weights for the rest of my life?

    It’s really getting to my head. It just felt like a little bruise beside my elbow. It’s not like they did any imaging and found something horrible, why is everyone acting like it’s over?

    I never even got to be buff… I was so malnourished it took me years to get visible muscles, and they were never impressive 😮‍💨 I had a stupid daydream of being an attractive butch

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      3 months ago

      i’m sorry you’re in so much pain!

      unsolicited advice

      are you able to see a physical therapist or get a referral to one? they have helped me eliminate pain that my doc only ever gave me muscle relaxers for.

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        2 months ago

        I hadn’t thought about that, thanks for the suggestion! I’ll have to triple check with my insurance because they’ve been rejecting everything lately 😬

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        2 months ago

        I hadn’t heard that, that’s interesting. Occam’s razor suggests I just overdid it on bicep curls, but that’s still good to know!

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      2 months ago

      It’s weird when you get injured and suddenly realize how ableist people can be. Hope your arm gets better soon.