At the moment my hands are working well enough that I can type with minimal pain, which is dope. 

What i've been dealing with is most likely arthritis. Since mid-december the joints in my last 3 fingers on both hands have been swelling and causing some hand weakness and pain. I have also had pretty severe pain in both hips and knees. 

The hip pain had been going on for a while, but I was assuming it had more to do with my weight than anything (I am considered overweight, but not obese). And weight can explain the hip and knee pain, but not the hand pain!

I also had some problems for a few weeks where my hair was falling out by the handful. I'm also exhausted all the time, have chest pain, and keep running fevers (which is probably why my whole body aches). 

So yeah, gonna call the doctor when he gets back into the country to deal with that.

TBH, i'm super worried I have Lupus. It's relatively common in my family, and all of the symptoms are a match. Yikes. 

In other news, I'm still moving forward with my plan to lose weight! The diet is going well, and i'm doing my best with exercising. Since I hurt most of the time exercise is a bit touch and go, but I'm still managing to exercise more than I used to! Woo! I'll take it!