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Anyone else have a writing 'callus' or 'bump' on their writing hand?

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RangeTesKopeks · 30/10/2017 10:02

I've had a raised bit of hard skin on the inside bit of my middle finger for absolutely ages - ever since I learned how to write. I'm left-handed, if that makes any difference.

Has anyone else got one?

OP posts:
ScipioAfricanus · 30/10/2017 10:21

Do you still write a lot? I used to have one at school and uni (right handed) but it’s not noticeable now I mostly use computer for work.

MyOtherProfile · 30/10/2017 10:22

Same here. Had one at school and uni but not since I started doing mist of my writing on a screen.

Trailedanderror · 30/10/2017 10:23

Yes! And I quite like it as I never had one throughout school and university as I held my pen like a monkey 'wrong'.

iMatter · 30/10/2017 10:27

Yes! My right middle finger looks a bit “worn away” by the nail and I have a bump on my top knuckle.

Anyone else have a writing 'callus' or 'bump' on their writing hand?
AccrualIntentions · 30/10/2017 10:29

I have one, on the left side of my middle finger on my right hand, even though I now don't write much by hand except notes in meeting. It seems permanent after years of school and handwriting pages and pages of notes through 4 years of university!

feelslikearockandahardplace · 30/10/2017 10:30

I've got one, I'm right-handed. Occasionally bothers me

megletthesecond · 30/10/2017 10:31

10yr old ds has one.

TheLegendOfBeans · 30/10/2017 10:32

Ive had it since I was very young but it’s definitely receded now we live in the world of computers and touchscreens.

It never bothered me but it does betray the fact I never learned how to hold a pencil properly as it’s on the third finger of my right hand: I think most folk have them on the second finger Grin

NotTheMrMenAgain · 30/10/2017 10:33

Yes - I'm also left handed and I've got a pad of what's probably best described as 'thickened skin' above the top knuckle of my middle finder, where I grasp my pen.

It's not hard as such, just thicker/firmer. I've had it since primary school and even though I write a lot less these days it's never showed any sign of going away.

Catwithglasses · 30/10/2017 10:35

Yep, developed it as a child -when I actually hand-wrote things with a pen- but it doesn't get much 'reinforcement' nowadays!

RNBrie · 30/10/2017 10:37

I still have one, it's smaller than it was 10 years ago. I like it! I'm right handed, late 30s

WorraLiberty · 30/10/2017 10:38

Yes, I've had mine since senior school.

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RangeTesKopeks · 30/10/2017 10:49

Don't think mine's going away either, even though I write a lot less than I did at school and uni. I used to resent it but now I quite like it - I think I've made peace with it and accepted it Grin I think my Mum had one when she was a child, but she hasn't got one anymore. My sister used to find it really grim Grin

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knowwhereyourheadis · 30/10/2017 10:49

Yes, on my thumb where the pen rests.

VelvetSpoon · 30/10/2017 10:49

Yes, it was known as a 'spod's lump' when I was at uni.

Mine was much bigger when I was still studying, and when I was a trainee and in court all day taking notes for 4 or 5 hours. Now I don't write much, it is barely noticeable.

Mine is on the ring finger of my left hand. I remember thinking in my 20s it was a good job I wasn't getting married because it would have been really unsightly in any ring photos GrinGrin

Linnet · 30/10/2017 11:09

Yes I do, but it seems a bit smaller now than it used to, probably because I don't write as much as I used to, use computer more. Dd2 has one but hers is on her ring finger, she holds her pen weirdly. I don't think dd1 has one at all.

heron98 · 30/10/2017 11:23

I have although it's a lot less prominent than when I was at school and wrote all the time

CaoNiMwahaha · 30/10/2017 11:24

I have one. The top of my middle finger actually bends to the side!

Roomba · 30/10/2017 11:56

Yep - still got mine and I'm 41 now! It is a lot smaller now as I don't handwrite much these days. DS1 has one too. My first finger is actually slightly bent from holding a pencil too.

Just remembered how sore and swollen it used to get sometimes, if I'd had to do a really long piece of handwriting with a freshly sharpened pencil rubbing it raw...

Glumglowworm · 30/10/2017 12:07

Yes on my ring finger because I hold a pen wrong Blush it's much less obvious now than when I was at school and uni though

JustDanceAddict · 30/10/2017 12:08

Yes

DramaAlpaca · 30/10/2017 12:11

Yes, I still have mine from school days, and my middle finger on my right hand is bent slightly to the right.

hazell42 · 30/10/2017 12:13

I write by hand a lot. I use a stainless steel fountain pen (shaeffer) and the pen just glides over the paper. Barely have to hold it at all. No lumps, callouses or cramps.
I highly recommend

SyrilSneer · 30/10/2017 12:14

Me too on middle finger of writing hand since school. Am a nurse so still write reams by hand every day.

Liiinoo · 30/10/2017 12:16

I thought everybody had one but just checked with DH who is righthanded and handwrites a lot and he doesn't have one.

Mine is much less prominent nowadays as I don't handwrite much anymore. (I'm a lefty)

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