Just curious if anyone here suffers from this. I'm only 23 and already I have a minor case that comes and goes, depending on how much strain is being put on my hands. I can't even write with a pencil or pen for more than twenty or thirty seconds without having my hands cramp up into claws (only slightly exaggerated). I think it might have developed to the point it's at now when I was working on an older ms (not in my sig for whatever reason that eludes me). When I write freehand, I use .5 mechanical pencils, and one pencil in particular that I've had for about eight years now. And I write very small and very fine, so I put a lot of strain on my fingers and wrist, and five hundred pages of this, plus another hundred on an ms after that and the rest of history. All this, plus work in school, I believe contributed to the development of my condition. Again, I have minor symptoms, but they've persisted for a few years now.
I've done research and read many things on it, so I'm not looking for anyone to post links to the wikipedia page or anything, just want to hear from people who may suffer from it, and how they deal with it, being very active with their hands. I've had people tell me microscopic surgery can be done, but from everything I've heard about it, it's 50/50 whether it does anything for you, and I've been told cases that made things worse. I'd rather not have surgery anyhow, not because I'm scared, but because I don't want to be out of commission for however long it takes to recover--cast, physical therapy, hoping it fixed the problem...I'd be unable to work and unable for write. Dictating the words to someone else is out of the question. It's not the same as typing the keys and feeling the words flow through me.
I've done research and read many things on it, so I'm not looking for anyone to post links to the wikipedia page or anything, just want to hear from people who may suffer from it, and how they deal with it, being very active with their hands. I've had people tell me microscopic surgery can be done, but from everything I've heard about it, it's 50/50 whether it does anything for you, and I've been told cases that made things worse. I'd rather not have surgery anyhow, not because I'm scared, but because I don't want to be out of commission for however long it takes to recover--cast, physical therapy, hoping it fixed the problem...I'd be unable to work and unable for write. Dictating the words to someone else is out of the question. It's not the same as typing the keys and feeling the words flow through me.