[nabs-l] Trying to read braille

Mon Aug 5 16:47:13 UTC 2013

It is different then carpel tunnel, but similar.  There is a surgery that can be done for hand tendonitis, where they take some of the inflamed tendons out.  However, surgery, is a very last resort for me. 
But true.... It is an option.  

I guess I could investigate reading with one hand.  I was taught to read with both hands, because it is faster.  But... I don't know that much about braille reading and I could try it out. 
Thanks

Anna E Givens

On Aug 5, 2013, at 8:43 AM, "melissa Green" <lissa1531 at gmail.com> wrote:

> sounds like carpal tunnel to me.
> I had carpal tunnel and they did a surgery called carpal tunnel release on 
> me.
> Haven't had any more problems.
> its something to be investegated.
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Anna Givens" <annajee82 at gmail.com>
> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
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> Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2013 6:51 PM
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Trying to read braille
> 
> 
> Well I am very sorry you had to deal with that, but I am very glad to hear 
> about it, because I have asked around and I couldn't find anyone who had had 
> this experience.
> I told my doctor that I read braille and that it could be part of the 
> problem.  He just gave me the normal advice.... Anti-inflammatory,ice, 
> physical therapy, and wrist brace.  And then he said, The best treatment is 
> to not use your hand. But that is very unrealistic, for anyone.  So just try 
> to not use it as much as possible, and when reading relax it as much as 
> possible.
> So that is what I do, I need to do the exercises more often, now that I am 
> reading more.  But yeah.... I dont know what to do.  Did your pain go away? 
> Or do you still have it?
> Thanks!
> 
> Anna E Givens
> 
> On Aug 4, 2013, at 7:41 PM, Lucy Sirianni <lucysirianni at earthlink.net> 
> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Anna,
>> 
>> I'm so sorry to hear that you're going through this! I've experienced 
>> severe wrist and hand pain, likely due to the amount of time I spend 
>> reading and using my BrailleNote.  (I'm an English Ph.D.  student, so I do 
>> a lot of reading and writing, and like you, I prefer Braille to other 
>> formats.) The thing that helped me most was soaking my hands in ice-water; 
>> I also purchased wraps that would allow me to use ice more continuously, 
>> though this was not as helpful as just plain ice-water.
>> 
>> My case never got so bad that I needed to see a doctor or to consider 
>> taking a break from reading Braille, but I share your concern that reading 
>> in spite of the pain might cause your condition to worsen and ultimately 
>> make reading impossible (or at least very hard).  Have you spoken to your 
>> doctor about the potential risks of reading Braille?
>> 
>> I'll be interested to see what other advice you get as this has been a 
>> recurring problem for me as well, and it's terribly frustrating, not to 
>> mention painful.
>> 
>> Very best of luck in dealing with this!
>> 
>> Lucy
>> 
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: Anna Givens <annajee82 at gmail.com
>>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>>> Date sent: Sun, 4 Aug 2013 19:07:27 -0500
>>> Subject: [nabs-l] Trying to read braille
>> 
>>> Hey, so I have a problem, and I am not sure it can really be
>> solved, and I know what to do but I just thought....  Well maybe someone 
>> else has been through this:
>>> I have tendonitis in my hand, so basically it hurts when I use
>> it.  I am desperately trying to get my braille speed up so that I can use 
>> it in college.  Braille works a lot better than listening to speech, for 
>> me.  Since a few weeks ago I am reading 20 to 40 pages a day of braille. 
>> This is hours of reading.  The treatment for tendonitis in your hand is to 
>> not use your hand.  Obviously, I cannot do both.  I take anti-inflammatory
>> meds, and do hand exercises to strengthen hand, as doctor suggested, also 
>> use ice, and when I am reading I really try to relax my hand (although 
>> that seems to be difficult for me to do.  The pain is getting worse and 
>> worse.  But I don't want to stop reading.  I am afraid that it is just 
>> going to get so bad I won't be able to do it.  This is very frustrating! 
>> I don't want to give up braille, but I don't want to be in pain.  It is my 
>> decision what to do, but has anyone ever been through anything like that? 
>> And what did you do?
>> 
>>> Anna E Givens
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