Tendonitis!? I need advice badly

It has been my observation that tendonitis tends to be a
chronic problem.

Consider the following quote: "Episodes of tenosynovitis are
usually self-limiting, resolving over a period of weeks or
months. The incidence of recurrence, however, is high."

However, this seeming self-limiting aspect is IMHO as much a
product of intervention with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory
drugs as anything else. The book says rest will help. The
problem is worsened with aging as the loss of elasticity in
tissues is a product of aging which lends to additional
microtears. One theory says that microtears in the
connective tissue initiate an inflammatory process. Further,
calcification frequently occurs in these sites in
association with inflammation which results in a chronic
problem. Perhaps you need to change your style of doing
things or your occupational goals.

NSAIDs are a rather nasty though quite useful class of
drugs.

Not quite sober........ ....William A. Noyes

"tjmaser" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I had tendonitis in my right hand about a few weeks ago,
but am in a very intense art school (we draw almost 12
hours a day), so I immobilized it and iced it a few times
a day but continued to work with it. I think it may have
worsened and have recently switched to my left hand, but I
think I may have contacted tendonitis in my left also in
the previous week (I've found what caused it in both my
hands, but now drawing a lot still aggravates it). Just
exactly how severe is this? I'm not sure what I should be
doing now? I am treating them both as usual, but what
should I do? I'm really worried about both my wrists,
should I ask for medical leave or something? Should I be
considering stopping all my classes to let it heal
immediately? No one else seems to be freaking out about
this when I tell them, but it is freaking me out because
it is progressively getting worse (or not healing at all),
and I don't know what I should do? Please give me some
advice. My semester still has 10 weeks left to burn. I
realize it needs rest to heal, but should I just work
through the remaing semester, dump my classes, ask my
teachers for time off? Thank you so much for anyone's time
or perspective or anything. Sorry just to appear out of
nowhere and bum rush people for advice, but this has been
driving me nuts for the past week.

-TJ