I over did it yesterday.  Not that I was doing all that much, I was just up too long so I had to take extra pain meds last night. Today I can't even stand up straight, in fact normally i try to tough it out and delay in taking pain meds until later as it is easier on my stomach, but I couldn't today.  So it is all self inflicted.  Well maybe not my fingers.  Normally it is my right hand that hurts like crazy.  Today it is my left.  Well, both are really bad today.  Sometimes I think the pain meds aren't helping.  But then I remember what it is like without the meds and that makes me realize it could be worse.  

The nail pain I get, where it feels like the bones are trying to rip through my fingernails... normally it is just flared up on the ends of my fingers or whole nailbed, but today two of my fingers are so bad it feels like the bones are trying to rip out of my hands all the way to the big knuckle. 

Cutting my breakfast with my fork this morning... I almost cried out from the pain.  The family has been cutting my meat for me for a little while now as I just can't do it anymore.  But the easy stuff like pancakes or what not, I can normally do.  The past few days, that has been next to impossible.  I guess I have to have them cut everything for me now.

Letter writing was really rough on me today too.  So many times I had to stop and catch my breath cause it hurt so horribly.  Sometimes I wonder if what triggered this problem is all the years I played cello, piano and all the typing and writing I do.  Those 4 things I did every single day for many years.  I am guessing I wouldn't be able to get a cello in this system as my fingers are so bad.  

I have to quit typing for the day.  I try to do it as soft as I can... but my left hand just can't take anymore today.