Well, in the past four or five months I've enjoyed sinusitis, sciatica, and a week of a high temp of unknown origin. Now I suppose my ailment is tendonitis.
After a couple of months of my right arm aching from my elbow toward my hand I finally went to the doctor on Monday. It was hurting especially bad at the time. Probably from spending Monday morning trying to hack up some of the trees that fell during the hurricane. My doctor, who still didn't have any power at his office due to the storm, met with me in his windowed lobby. When I explained to him where it was hurting, how it was hurting, and how long it was hurting he said that it sounded like tendonitis and I should rest it for awhile. When I sighed he smiled and said, "I know with your type of work it'll be hard to rest it." I told him that he was correct and that I was backed up enough that it'd be a month and half before I could take off more than a couple days in a row. He prescribed something called Prednisone (which is apparently some sort of steroids) and told me to rotate cold and heat on my arm. I started rotating the cold and heat as soon as I got home but couldn't get the prescription filled until Tuesday because the drug stores also did not have power.
I've been taking the prednisone as prescribed since and my arm isn't hurting nearly as much today as it has hurt the last few days. Is it just psychosomatic or is the drug and cold/heat thing actually working this quickly?