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Myra Vaninwegen
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It seems that being pregnant is bad for your circulation. A couple times I've woken up in the middle
of the night with my left hand tingling madly. (I've had problems with poor circulation in my left
hand for years, since a serious bout with RSI in '96, but it's gotten markedly worse in the past
month). Last night I had the indignity of a cramp in my left calf to add to it (it's amazing how
breathtakingly painful a cramp is!)
As I ride to work (trip of 3.5 miles) my left hand gets tingly fairly quickly and soon I can barely
feel it. I shake it around, which helps relieve it a bit, but I worry that I've got less control
over the bike when I do this. After I get to work it comes back to life quite quickly, but feels
funny for quite some time. My right hand gets a tiny bit tingly, but nothing to worry about.
I worry that I may be doing real damage to my left hand. There are two obvious solutions:
(1) drive to work
(2) buy a recumbent I could do (1), but that would really restrict my mobility. I can drive between
work and home without too much hassle, but any trip into town would become vastly more
complicated as I couldn't use the many cycle routes and I'd have to worry about parking. So I
think (2) is a better option. Especially as I've been wanting a Trice for quite some time. So
I've phoned up Kevin at D.Tek (recumbent and other weird bikes shop in Little Thetford about 10
miles north of Cambridge) and had a discussion about recumbent trikes. He's got quite a few in
stock. So in a couple weeks time I may be commuting to work on three wheels!
-Myra
of the night with my left hand tingling madly. (I've had problems with poor circulation in my left
hand for years, since a serious bout with RSI in '96, but it's gotten markedly worse in the past
month). Last night I had the indignity of a cramp in my left calf to add to it (it's amazing how
breathtakingly painful a cramp is!)
As I ride to work (trip of 3.5 miles) my left hand gets tingly fairly quickly and soon I can barely
feel it. I shake it around, which helps relieve it a bit, but I worry that I've got less control
over the bike when I do this. After I get to work it comes back to life quite quickly, but feels
funny for quite some time. My right hand gets a tiny bit tingly, but nothing to worry about.
I worry that I may be doing real damage to my left hand. There are two obvious solutions:
(1) drive to work
(2) buy a recumbent I could do (1), but that would really restrict my mobility. I can drive between
work and home without too much hassle, but any trip into town would become vastly more
complicated as I couldn't use the many cycle routes and I'd have to worry about parking. So I
think (2) is a better option. Especially as I've been wanting a Trice for quite some time. So
I've phoned up Kevin at D.Tek (recumbent and other weird bikes shop in Little Thetford about 10
miles north of Cambridge) and had a discussion about recumbent trikes. He's got quite a few in
stock. So in a couple weeks time I may be commuting to work on three wheels!
-Myra