small life update: Hand damage

last month I must have used my hands too much while making art, I did draw a lot more for fun than I usually do because I was very inspired to draw. but once the month ended I had to stop because the tendons along the backs of my hands and wrists have been in burning piercing sharp pain and it feels like healing is taking a long slow time. I have been suffering with this for about 10 days now, and it's entirely my fault for overdoing it.

I've been doing everything I can to try and let them heal, resting and hardly using them for anything, doing wrist stretches, wearing compression gloves. I had to take it slow typing all this up even. I'm not sure if I have tendonitis or carpal tunnel, but it hurts pretty badly and I'm really worried I might have permanently damaged them, which is a nightmare for someone like me.
It's feeling less pain than it was at the start of the month though, which is hopeful.

I'm really worried about this, and I've been in a bad state mentally because of it. I don't have the money to visit a doctor, so I'm really on my own here and just hoping I can heal. Wish me luck.

To $15-tier patrons: I want to let you know I will continue to do my best to fulfill your monthly requests, I just may have to take my time on them just to be safe.