Carpal Tunnel

Goo · 04-29-2011, 09:33 AM

Thank you all for the advice, gonna try to stay away from the surgery as much as possible.

And a big thank you for the link to the hand/wrist exercises.

Apocalipstic · 04-29-2011, 03:18 PM

When my hands are bothering me I wear the braces while I sleep and that seems to really help.

Good luck to you!

Andrew, Jr. · 04-29-2011, 03:32 PM

I had massive left hand and wrist surgery about 3 years ago. Just from my own personal experience - it was quite painful. However, I had to wait to have surgery for well over a year (it was a worker's comp. case).

I had broken my pinkie finger in the middle joint, and tore all of the tendons in my hand on the outside part of my hand, chipped my wrist bone, and tore the disks in my wrist, developed a cyst on the bone, and messed up a nerve that went from my hand to my elbow. I was in a cast from my finger tips to my shoulder for 3 months, then a splint from my finger tips to my elbow for another 4 months. I went thru p.t. for 5 months, and I had Moonie perform Reiki on me. The pain meds I threw out. They were just not helping at all. I used a muscle relaxer that helped me mostly. Then I was able to stop that after a few days after surgery.

I used a well-known hand surgeon to operate on me. He had a great success rate, and was able to give me honest answers to my many questions. If I had to have hand surgery again, I would not hesitate in going back to him. In fact, I have recommended him to all of my friends & family. That is just how much trust I have in him.

I wish you luck with this. It is a hard decision to make.

04-29-2011, 09:33 AM	#1
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Apocalipstic Pink Confection How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She, Her, Ma'am Relationship Status: Dating Myself Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Nashville Posts: 4,266 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 17,195 Thanked 11,362 Times in 2,838 Posts Rep Power: 21474856	When my hands are bothering me I wear the braces while I sleep and that seems to really help. Good luck to you! __________________

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Andrew, Jr. Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Me Preferred Pronoun?: He Relationship Status: Unavailable Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Over the Rainbow in a House Posts: 5,072 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 16,004 Thanked 5,249 Times in 2,216 Posts Rep Power: 0	Hand Surgery I had massive left hand and wrist surgery about 3 years ago. Just from my own personal experience - it was quite painful. However, I had to wait to have surgery for well over a year (it was a worker's comp. case). I had broken my pinkie finger in the middle joint, and tore all of the tendons in my hand on the outside part of my hand, chipped my wrist bone, and tore the disks in my wrist, developed a cyst on the bone, and messed up a nerve that went from my hand to my elbow. I was in a cast from my finger tips to my shoulder for 3 months, then a splint from my finger tips to my elbow for another 4 months. I went thru p.t. for 5 months, and I had Moonie perform Reiki on me. The pain meds I threw out. They were just not helping at all. I used a muscle relaxer that helped me mostly. Then I was able to stop that after a few days after surgery. I used a well-known hand surgeon to operate on me. He had a great success rate, and was able to give me honest answers to my many questions. If I had to have hand surgery again, I would not hesitate in going back to him. In fact, I have recommended him to all of my friends & family. That is just how much trust I have in him. I wish you luck with this. It is a hard decision to make.