Knitting with Fibro

On Jun 8, 8:21 pm, B wrote:
For programming or anything else that requires serious thinking, that
is certainly true. However, doing medical transcription, as Kim does,
doesn't really require thinking, and actually I find that I can blaze
away at those kinds of things if I get myself into a zone where I'm
not much thinking at all. Taking a break requires time to get back to
the zone.

Ah yes, we have strayed a little from the original topic. Althought
the "mental" benefits may not be of concern, the physical benefits of
not maintaining a repetative activity for long periods without a break
are still important. I'll be the first to admit that I disregard my
own advice regularly. But if I've just spent 3 solid hours typing or
knitting and I'm feeling sore I think I can guess the cause of the
effect.

B Vaughan wrote:

is certainly true. However, doing medical transcription, as Kim does,
doesn't really require thinking,

Uh, yeah, it does. You can't do medical transcription well with your
brain parked in neutral. You have to be thinking about whether the
doctor is saying that right thing, in some cases you have to be trying
to undecipher the gibberish that you are hearing and make something
intelligible about it, and in some cases you have to translate lousy
English grammar into something grammatically correct.

Although I will concede that medical transcription not as cerebral of a
profession as application programming, it has been the most cerebral of
an occupation I could find ever since leaving application programming
after having my first child.

--
Every job is a self-portrait of the person who does it. Autograph your
work with excellence.

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On Jun 8, 5:37 pm, "David R. Sky" wrote:
I've found when programming that doing exactly what you wrote actually
_increases_ the speed of writing my plug-ins! - it somehow seems to
expand
my creativity and problem-solving. :-)

Indeed. Though this is a lesson that can't be taught to the average
student in my experience, they equate "screen time" with productivity
despite plenty of evidece to the contrary. It's a bit like trying to
do a jigsaw puzzle, there is a point in one session where no matter
how long you stare at the pieces you can't find the bit you want. Get
up, do something else and come back to it - chances are good you'll
spot the piece you want in the first minute.

I often solve problems as I drift off to sleep - my subconcious sorts
the logic and I have an "ah ha" moment, if I'm really lucky I manage
to scrawl a few notes before I drift off, otherwise I often realise I
can't remember my "brilliant" solution the next morning.

VP

I sometimes have "dreams" of a solution then wake and try it, or write it
down... the subconscious is a might fine thing.

Murielle

"MSey" wrote in message
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LOL!

This is kind of in response to someone else who mentioned having
fribromyalgia and how you have to knit for short periods rather than long
stretches of time.

That would be me! ;o)

I have more than Fibromyalgia... I also have arthritis which tends to bind
up my fingers in pain if I overdo it.... not to mention the degenerative
disks in my back and neck that SCREAM at me if I sit (or even lay) in just
the wrong way for too long. I have a few other medical problems too that I
won't go into... but they sure aren't pleasant to deal with either.

I too have fibro. I also have some problems with my memory, or at least I
must have because I put my knitting down a few minutes ago after knitting
for about two hours. I couldn't figure out what was wrong with me, why I
was so tired and ached all over. D'oh!

Yep, that would definitely be the Fibromyalgia. Keeps you on your toes
wondering what new and *fun* (sarcasm inserted) things it will bring you
each day, doesn't it? ;o)

Half an hour, maybe an hour at a time is more than enough, especially when
it's hobby knitting and not knitting for a deadline. ;-)

Murielle

Absolutely! Glad I don't, and didn't, knit for a living... I'd never make
deadlines. ;o)

*hugs*
Gemini

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I often solve problems as I drift off to sleep - my subconcious sorts
the logic and I have an "ah ha" moment, if I'm really lucky I manage
to scrawl a few notes before I drift off, otherwise I often realise I
can't remember my "brilliant" solution the next morning.

VP

I sometimes have "dreams" of a solution then wake and try it, or write it
down... the subconscious is a might fine thing.

Murielle

Absolutely! Some of my best poems and story ideas came to me while I was in
a deep sleep. My overactive mind woke me up enough for me to reach out in
the dark (I hate lights when I first wake up) and grab a pen or pencil and
write it on the back of an envelope, or whatever piece of paper that
happened to be on my bedside table. Deciphering it in the morning, with all
the lines going through each other, was a treat... but I managed. I still
jot things down in the middle of the night, even if it is just an idea that
happened to pop in my head about something I had been trying to remember
earlier... something we need in groceries... or whatever seemingly
unimportant thing it may be. If it really is unimportant enough, I will
just discard it in the light of day... otherwise it gets transferred to a
notebook for safekeeping in case it should come in handy in future. ;o)

*hugs*
Gemini

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I often solve problems as I drift off to sleep - my subconcious sorts
the logic and I have an "ah ha" moment, if I'm really lucky I manage
to scrawl a few notes before I drift off, otherwise I often realise I
can't remember my "brilliant" solution the next morning.

VP

I sometimes have "dreams" of a solution then wake and try it, or write
it
down... the subconscious is a might fine thing.

Murielle

Absolutely! Some of my best poems and story ideas came to me while I was
in
a deep sleep. My overactive mind woke me up enough for me to reach out
in
the dark (I hate lights when I first wake up) and grab a pen or pencil and
write it on the back of an envelope, or whatever piece of paper that
happened to be on my bedside table. Deciphering it in the morning, with
all
the lines going through each other, was a treat... but I managed. I
still
jot things down in the middle of the night, even if it is just an idea
that
happened to pop in my head about something I had been trying to remember
earlier... something we need in groceries... or whatever seemingly
unimportant thing it may be. If it really is unimportant enough, I will
just discard it in the light of day... otherwise it gets transferred to a
notebook for safekeeping in case it should come in handy in future. ;o)

*hugs*
Gemini

It's a great idea to keep a notebook by your bedside to jot down the things
that come to us in the night. :-)

Murielle

"Not Likely" notinthislifetime@yougottabejoking wrote in message
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"MSey" wrote in message
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LOL!

This is kind of in response to someone else who mentioned having
fribromyalgia and how you have to knit for short periods rather than
long
stretches of time.

That would be me! ;o)

I knew it was someone! ;-))

I have more than Fibromyalgia... I also have arthritis which tends to bind
up my fingers in pain if I overdo it.... not to mention the degenerative
disks in my back and neck that SCREAM at me if I sit (or even lay) in just
the wrong way for too long. I have a few other medical problems too that
I
won't go into... but they sure aren't pleasant to deal with either.

What was it Shakespeare said? ... Sorrows come not single spies but in
batallions ... something like that. We could replace the word "sorrows"
with Fibro, could we? As if it's not enough to deal with.

I too have fibro. I also have some problems with my memory, or at least
I
must have because I put my knitting down a few minutes ago after
knitting
for about two hours. I couldn't figure out what was wrong with me, why
I
was so tired and ached all over. D'oh!

Yep, that would definitely be the Fibromyalgia. Keeps you on your toes
wondering what new and *fun* (sarcasm inserted) things it will bring you
each day, doesn't it? ;o)

So much "fun"! LOL!

Half an hour, maybe an hour at a time is more than enough, especially
when
it's hobby knitting and not knitting for a deadline. ;-)

Murielle

Absolutely! Glad I don't, and didn't, knit for a living... I'd never make
deadlines. ;o)

*hugs*
Gemini


One of my mother's friends used to do that ... poor woman would be up all
night finishing a sweater or suit. And it wasn't that lucrative. I don't
know how she did it.

Hugs,
Murielle

MSey wrote:

What was it Shakespeare said? ... Sorrows come not single spies but in
batallions ... something like that. We could replace the word "sorrows"
with Fibro, could we? As if it's not enough to deal with.

Ooh, what a nice, gussied-up way to say, "It never rains but it pours"
for sad things! I have to remember this one.

--
Every job is a self-portrait of the person who does it. Autograph your
work with excellence.

"MSey" wrote in message
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It's a great idea to keep a notebook by your bedside to jot down the
things
that come to us in the night. :-)

Murielle

Definitely! I learned that years ago, after doing the whole back of the
envelope thing once too often. Now I have a notepad beside the bed with a
pen, and another pad and pen in the drawer in case the one on top was moved
at some point during the day and was forgotten about. ;o)

*hugs*
Gemini

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MSey wrote:

What was it Shakespeare said? ... Sorrows come not single spies but in
batallions ... something like that. We could replace the word "sorrows"
with Fibro, could we? As if it's not enough to deal with.

Ooh, what a nice, gussied-up way to say, "It never rains but it pours" for
sad things! I have to remember this one.

I was just thinking the same thing. I love Shakespeare, and I somehow doubt
that he would take offense to his words being played with just a bit to make
it about Fibromyalgia (or whatever other annoyance we have to deal with). I
wouldn't be surprised (although they wouldn't know it back then, as it's
fairly recent) if Shakespeare actually had Fibromyalgia himself, and that
could very well be the "sorrows" he was referring to! ;o)

*hugs*
Gemini