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OMG, I have a blister on my left pinkie!!! sm - ververyoldMQMTer

Posted: Dec 03, 2010

18 years and counting, and now find that I have developed a pinkie blister. Rather then use the mouse, I find on ASR reports I am scrolling down and the pinkie is the scrolling digit... Ouch. Don't laugh, it hurts! Ha!!!

I'm not laughing for sure......... - Kiki1

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I don't have a blister YET, but my left pinky is so sore from using it for ASR, holding down the control......I have to move my whole hand down to use my middle finger or thumb, which slows me down, but at least my poor pinkie gets a rest.

I still cringe when I think about how they told us ASR would make it easier on our hands bc of less typing.....I hurt MORE doing ASR...much more awkward hand positioning involved.

I use a different part of my hand - Wookie

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I don't know if I can describe this very well. I lift my pinkie off the keys just a bit, angle my hand to the left and just kind of lay it down on the Ctrl button. I guess I use the area just below where the pinkie meets the palm.

I've already been to the doctor - Trigger finger

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I use my right ring finger on many keys, including home, end, page up/down, delete, arrows, etc. so I could use my mouse on the left. I started doing this about 2 years ago, trigger finger started a year ago and now hurts Every time I use my ring finger. I tried a cortisone injection, which worked for a few weeks, and trigger finger is back, and starting to get one in the thumb. Doc says since I'm in my 50s it sounds like "overuse" syndrome and surgery is the only cure. She did advise me to contact the Human Resources IN WRITING which I did and saved my e-mail. I'm not scheduled for surgery, but the more we complain to Human Resources, the more they might take us seriously - that ASR is bad on the hands.

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