My constant hand ache...

It's pain in my palm. And I have it on most days and I wonder why. The thought hit me today. I go into lab most days, and work and do something which I never thought would cause this damn pain till I caught myself doing it today. Turns out that when I split cells, which means to generally replace media of cells allowing them to regenerate; one has to shake the bottle the cells are in--to basically dislodge them from the surface of the bottle. In general you gotta hit that bottle really hard, and I use my palm to do it, while observing if the cells have been shaken off.

So...if anything, I'll be in my current study program for the next 5 years or so. Considering I'll do this procedure of cell splitting almost three times a week, 52 weeks a year, times 5 years..well, I hope I still have a still functioning hand, and not a blue one hoping to fall off.