تَنْميل
root: ن-م-ل / form II verbal noun / definition: pins and needles
I never thought I’d have to send a sick leave request with “pins and needles” as the reason—but each season homes realisations of the unexpected, and I submitted my GP note with bated breath and tingling limbs.
A four-week PhD pause, on my doctor’s recommendation.
Since my trip to A&E back in April, not much has improved, nor have I received any answer as to why my extremities sizzle whenever I sit or stand at my desk (or anywhere else, for that matter) or even when I lay down in a comfy bed holding a book to read.
(Current read: Seisenbayev’s The Dead Wander in the Desert.)
On Monday, I saw a chiropractor who cracked my neck so well that I’m impatient for my next appointment… Oh, the melody of that triple-crack on the right and the left. Oh, the temporary relief.
But for now, I need to fill my time with gentle movement and rest.
That shouldn’t be too hard because last week I sleepily salsa’d into siesta three times in one day (almost four), so it seems like my body is demanding rest and not taking no for an answer.
Every time I rise from a sleep or snooze, though, I wake up to pins and needles shimmying through my hands, feet, arms, and legs. I wonder how long it’ll be till this fiery fiesta of tingling quiets down.
And before you go(!), if anyone knows how to read a book without using your hands to hold it: do send me your suggestions.
!في أمان الله
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