One odd health question, one odd FB question...

[seawasp]

Health: I occasionally have these incredible stabbing pains from pressure-sensitive areas in the palm of my hand, generally near/between the base joints of the fingers (that is, the ones that form the top of the palm. If I so much as TOUCH these areas directly (as will often happen if, for instance, I try to grip a steering wheel) it feels as though a spike is driving straight through that part of the hand. It doesn't hurt AT ALL without pressure. And it's not always there -- some days I don't have that sensitivity, although I admit I don't go digging my fingers into that area; the pain is a 10 on this scale when it hits.

Facebook: I got a request to friend from "Michelle Thompson"; she had no friends in common, but it wasn't one of those Email-scam requests which turn out to come from some other site, it was actually a FB site. Since she didn't have any friends in common, I figured I'd message her first to find out who she was and why she was friending me (I don't just accept any friend request).

  So I click on "Message", but instead of the "write a message" box, up came what appeard to be a series of messages she'd sent (but that I had never seen until then, so they couldn't have been ACTUAL messages). These messages were... well, they accused Kathy of doing things she wouldn't ever do.

  My question is, WTF? Why would someone do this? What do they get out of it? The accusations are ludicrous on the face of it, and read almost like one of those scams that relies on eventually hitting "close enough" to the truth, but what would the rest of the scam be and why this particular approach rather than the good old tried-and-true Nigerian?

Comments

[brownkitty.livejournal.com]

Does Kathy know who this person is?

[seawasp]

Nope. And the name doesn't ring a bell for either of us.

[gridlore.livejournal.com]

Message back: "My God, I had no idea! Luckily, I've 'dealt' with the problem. So, you busy Friday?"

Or answer in Latin.

[melchar.livejournal.com]

Could the pain be a problem with the ulnar nerve?
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000789.htm

[martianmooncrab.livejournal.com]

The hand issue could be some other part of your arm, all the way up to the rotor cuff... if you tense in the shoulders, it could be telegraphing all the way down. (I used to lose feeling in my fingers and it was a pinched nerve in my shoulder)

and for the yahoo on FB, report them for libel and slander, bullying and then block them. Some times they want to suck someone into their world and never let them go, and anything you say online will exist forever.

[muirecan.livejournal.com]

On the hand thing. If I grip my mouse to much playing a game or working at the computer all day it can do that. I have a brace I picked up at the local drugstore that I wear for a few hours when that happens. And it seems to help.

It could also be referred pain or something similar. If it is persisting you probably want to see your doctor. Try the brace and a couple of similar things first and if that doesn't help then escalate with the doctor.

As for Ms. Thompson I'm not certain what to think. I note that a Michelle Thompson on facebook seems to be involved with with something to do with support or the like for huntingtons. And a search for Kathy Spoor brings up an RN among others. So it could be that. Then again it could be some type of scam that I haven't encountered before. Odd.