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Doesn't seem to be a generic thread for hypochondriacs to discuss their injuries, ideally cycling related, and to have strangers on the internet say: "Go to a doctor", or "HTFU".
I'll start.
Cubital Tunnel Syndrome.
http://www.assh.org/Public/HandConditions/Pages/CubitalTunnelSyndrome.aspx
Any cyclists here suffered from it? My thumb, ring and little finger on my left hand are a bit scuppered after doing my first thousand mile ride.
Just got back from zigzagging through France and Spain and rather than stick to the 700 or so miles we ended up going far further - about 1200. I was cycling on pretty standard drops and varying the positioning but after about the 10th day I noticed a numbness in my left hand. It got a bit worse, then it got a bit better. And now it's a bit worse. Doesn't hurt really. Just numb and I can't extend the ring finger unless I use my right hand. Then it hurts a bit. Also my thumb particularly, but the hand in general seem to have lost a lot of strength.
For example, I can no longer hold a fork properly. Something I discovered with hilarious consequences in a dining room on a ferry during an already rough crossing back from Spain.
So.. Go to a GP? HTFU? RICE? Amputation? Nuke the site from orbit?
Hit me.