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Your writing through pain metaphorically hit a nerve, as I've dealt with two different hand injuries over the last couple years. As someone who still prefers to hand write a draft or two, this has not been the most pleasant thing to wrangle, especially since injuries tend to increase my desire to write in some capacity. The first injury was a sprain in my left index finger, which was a mild annoyance since I needed to keep my hand elevated. Writing wasn't good for that, but photography was. So I took pictures, and it helped that at the time I got a new camera waiting for me to try things out. The second injury was a bit more serious. I sprained my right wrist in a bad car accident. It was the kind where Lady Luck is the reason my injuries weren't any worse. Bruising dominated my right hand for a week, a problem since I'm right handed. It also delayed the diagnosis of the sprain and the therapy needed to help me recover. Even filling in medical forms was painful. Since taking pictures didn't put as much strain on the TFCC as writing does, I worked on that more. I'm getting back into writing more as I regain flexibility in my hand, and I'm feeling stronger about it. Point is, sometimes a different creative activity can help break physical and mental blocks in writing by breaking some of the fatigue that comes from worrying about illness and being physically idle at the same time.
...Connie
