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I have carpal tunnel so I can't write more than four hours total without tingling numbness. I take a lot of breaks and do stretches.

Eden Robinson

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Eden Robinson
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: January 19
Novelist
Writer
Eden Victoria Lena Robinson
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Numbness
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Stretches
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Tunnel
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Tunnels
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Tingling

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