What is this weird new symptom??

I hurt my right hand at the end of last week. Too many uncooperative big dogs that needed their nails clipped or blood drawn and my right wrist is very weak. There is one area just behind the thumb that has always been very sensitive even to light touch. This time when I hurt my wrist I noticed that it was also extremely uncomfortable even when the dogs hair brushed my forearm.

Now my whole right arm and even into the right side of my neck feels so FREAKY! It's hard to describe . . . it's like, when a guy is hitting on you and you kind of despise him, but he puts his arm around you; how your skin your skin feels like in that second - that's what it feels like! Or when you're walking to your car in a dark parking lot and you know that someone is there too. In that moment right before you turn around and you're sure they are right behind you, how your skin feels in that moment - that's what it feels like!

It's triggered by my hair, clothes, light touch, a slight breeze, anything and everything. What is this?? All I can think about at work is when can I go home and take my shirt off!! TMI, I know. I'm freaking out just a teeny bit because it feels like it might be spreading, and because it's so difficult to function when I feel like this!

Thanks for any help you can offer, friends.

Sounds like it's some kind of nerve issue or something. Have you tried taking a hot bath? Or a detox bath? Might help relax the muscles a bit, maybe even just do a warm hand bath if you had sensitivity issues in your thumb beforehand.
I hear a lot of people with issues like that find benefit with massage and/or acupuncture or acupressure. I get similar issues to a lesser extent that come and go, and usually massaging out the area helps. Not immediately, but allows it to go away slowly!

Actually, this can be a symptom of Neuro Lyme for some. We loose the protective coating around the nerves (the myelin) and so our nerves get irritated easily and can even misfire, sending the wrong signals. With a bunch of toxins floating around in your body due to treatments, this can increase these issues.

Detoxing is actually one of the best ways to deal with this. A nice warm detox soak will likely do quite a bit to help ease this - that and of course resting the affected arm - which you can't really do as a groomer, but do your best at night and on the weekends.