There you are then - it's the weight of all that metal.
4kg of metalwork would certainly explain the reduced strength and mobilty of my hand...
It doesn't explain the increased flab around my waist though.
bleugh. I'm not trying, I'm far too pissed off for deprivation, and any kind of exertion raises my blood pressure enough for the swelling to increase, throb, and be, generally, even more uncomfortable. I spend half my time on the trike riding with my hand raised above my head, one day a taxi is going to stop for me...