Re: Tendonitis Questions

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 > From: Paul Marxhausen <http://www.UNLINFO.UNL.EDU/~mpaul>
 > Date: Sun  Nov 15,  1:41pm
 >
 > > I've been diagnosed as having tendonitis in my left wrist.  I've only had
 > > this problem for about a month.  I'm wondering what the treatment is for
 > > this and how long can I expect this to last.  My Dr gave me a wrist brace to
 > > wear and said to come back in 6 weeks.  I'm having a fair amount of pain and
 > > it seems like 6 weeks is a long time to wait for another appt.
 > 
 > Even with good treatment - rest, massage, icing, and above all real
 > changes in whatever precipitated the problem in the 1st place -
 > tendinitis seems likely to stay with you anywhere from several
 > months to some years.  From the time I really had a solid diagnosis
 > and really came to grips with my own injust, till the time I no
 > longer had daily pain, was roughly a couple of years.

I still have daily pain, 5 years after my date-of-injury.  It's something which
must be attended to every day.