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In an interview, held (of course) via SMS exchanges, Levitz told the Sun-Times that, although she hasn't completely stopped texting, she's made a conscious effort to cut back ever since doctors gave her a cumbersome pair of braces, which make it painful for her to both text and type. That still hasn't stopped her, though, from racking up a post-carpal-tunnel phone bill with over 2,000 texts per month. Her doctors maintain that she still needs to reduce her texting, and her mom agrees, calling her habit "ridiculous." Word of Levitz's ailment has even gotten around school, earning her the all-too creative nickname "Carpal Tunnel Girl."
According to Levitz's doctor, Sofia Aksentijevich, carpal tunnel syndrome has historically afflicted older populations, or pregnant women. As texting has become more ubiquitous, though, younger patients have been diagnosed with the syndrome, which Aksentijevich says is often characterized by a patient's inability to "grasp things," and "frequent burning, tingling or itching numbness in the palm of the hand and the fingers." After experiencing the everyday inconveniences that the syndrome has caused, Levitz says she's trying her darndest to cut down, and admits that "we send more texts than we need to." She's even come up with a solution: buying an iPhone, which, she claims, requires "less work." Sounds like a winning plan to us, but someone should probably tell her that talking on the phone is always an option, too. [From: Chicago Sun-Times, via: HuffPo]
[Ed. note: Levitz is a high school junior, not a senior, as originally written. Thanks for catching, Fong.]
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Subscribe to commentswordman238Mar 21st 2010 2:44PM
I think texting is retarded anyhow. It seems easier to me to just pick up the phone a talk to some one, quicker anyways.
JenniferMar 21st 2010 2:53PM
I think texting is one of the silliest inventions yet. People spend so much time with their heads down to the phone; texting away. They miss the joy of life, the air, the weather, what is going on around them and actual conversation and interactions with others. Some may say texting is necessary because they don't want to bother someone...well, that is what voice mail is for. Texting is a useless waste of time, energy and a loss of interaction with the real world.
Angry TexterMar 21st 2010 3:43PM
Everyone needs to calm down!!! Yes, if you text too much you can get carpel tunnel, nothing new here. No, getting an iPhone will not solve the problem, probably only make it worse. Yes her parents seem rather incompetent at keeping her texts down, they should take her phone away or block texting altogether. I myself have been guilty of sending over 5000 texts in a month sometimes, but that varies from month to month and recently I have sent much less.
Why do people assume that because of texting, teens cannot spell? Yes, when I text I do often end up abbreviating, not using capitalization, and other such atrocities, however this does not mean that I cannot spell properly if I choose. The reason for shortening words is to make texts more efficient. I will agree that allowing texting at a younger age encourages children to have worse grammer, and argue that getting a texting plan for most kids before age 16 is probably not a good idea.
Some kids are going to text irrationally, like an addiction. Some kids will text responsibly. Like any other issue, it is not as simple as people seem to make it out to be.
oh & hve a nce day evry1 (:
Sincerely,
Angry Texter |o|_|O|
dionMar 21st 2010 4:16PM
woahhhhhh someone needs to wipe the sand from thier vagina and stop eating those pissy cheerios..the reason i text so much is cause i have so many friends...and i can..why?? cause....i...do...what..i...want...and i can multitask..im in college..straight as by the way and text..i textt hat much cause people like me and instead of hearing thier voice i can text them....see what your problem is..your probably a lonely hoe who had kids early and had to drop out and live on welfare so people will feel sorry for you..and cant afford a cell phone..if you got one its probably prepaid
dionMar 21st 2010 4:23PM
i love seeing all these grandmas and grandpas crying about "robot takeover" just because you guys were on the orginal mayflower boat and sat behind moses and abrham in the thrird grade and owe christopher columbus twenty bucks doesnt mean the rest of us cant live life in this generation and have fun.texting is awsome..get out of your hover arounds and stop eating your early bird specials and get with the 21 century
lpsnowchic15Mar 22nd 2010 1:55PM
It's called taking her cell phone away... not that hard. She does not NEED it. She wants it. It would fix the problem and the medical bills she's probably accumulated.
KCMar 23rd 2010 10:28AM
Oh What a Shock...
KCMar 23rd 2010 10:31AM
Dion-you're a jerk-have a little respect.
wordman238Mar 23rd 2010 11:30AM
Amen KC!!!!!!!! I'm not old yet but we're ALL gettin' there. I hope when those little twits ( Angry Texter and Dion) get old they end up in an old folks home, the kind where they are treated with the same lack of respect that they are giving the elderly now. I hope they are abused and beat on like the elderly are now which I think is a shame because I was raised to love and respect my elders. We can learn from them.
bobMar 27th 2010 10:26AM
Sheesh, whats become of this old world. Whatever happened to good old fashioned masterbating.
wheelzApr 5th 2010 10:20AM
ugh