This the fuck?

Looking at this, it's probably the median nerve got caught or twisted, but not carpal tunnel itself...

"Top 3 Exercises for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome" (Watch on YouTube)

Several people have suggested golfer/tennis elbow too. Can you get that from typing or using a 360's controller?

So we have a co-morbidity winner

According to a couple of NHS pros I know, what we have here is ulnar nerve entrapment either caused by, or simply associated with a coincidental instance of, golfer's elbow. Even though I don't play golf.

Put it down to swords and whips, then...

Why does this never happen to Zorro?

According to several NHS professionals today, I am

medically, this:




(Someone said it was "what Zorro's dad had" and then specified Anthony Hopkins, though I feel the urge to point out that Banderas in this movie is his apprentice, not his son, and Hopkins was the actual Zorro)

I do have the right shirt, sword, etc, but, trust me, it doesn’t look anything like as painful as it fucking is!

Tolkien on fantasy and fairy tales

http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/12/05/j-r-r-tolkien-on-fairy-stories/

Mother-in-law update

So, Lesley's mum is displaying involuntary autonomous movements of her left leg - it'll jerk if prodded. Which is not under conscious control but is a big improvement on post-stroke total paralysis, and this is why they have physiotherapy...