So I’m currently going to occupational therapy because I have right & left wrists tendinitis pain and after a couple of therapy sessions the left wrist has gotten better but the right wrist still hurts. I went to therapy this Tuesday morning and they put heat packs on my wrists to reduce the pain as I was sitting through this I felt calm but then I noticed in front across from me was this lady with her 2 boys and she was also getting treatment with the heat packs for the wrists as well like me! So at this moment, I was feeling very curious about what her story could be because it seemed similar to mine and the curiousity in me was growing more that I got the urge to strike a conversation with her about it so I did.
Me: Hi there! Do you happen to have the same pain with me on the wrists?
Lady: No it’s actually Radial styloid tenosynovitis which is a bit severe inside the wrist but it did start with the wrists. What do you have? And how did yours start?
Me: Oh I see I thought maybe you had the same thing as me. I have tendinitis on both wrists and I actually have no idea how it started one day it just hurt really bad and don’t recall hurting myself in anything to have caused it.
Lady: Are you currently using anything to control the pain?
Me: Just this splint brace.
Lady: If it continues to hurt you might wanna do an X-Ray and get a cast too.
Me: Yes, the X-Ray will definitely be next if this therapy doesn’t make my right wrist better.
Lady: My Therapy is over but I hope your wrists get better!
Me: Thank you I hope your condition gets better too!
Throughout this whole conversation, I felt completely calmed with myself and with the curiousity to know her story and just attentively listening to her as she spoke to me as then we share concern for one another. Understanding how I feel before and during a conversation does show me to be more aware on how to converse with a lady. Just being curious can create conversations like it did for me so I will continue to be curious because you never know where it could lead to!