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sgarnett
post Oct 25 2007, 03:14 PM
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The orthopedic surgeon I saw yesterday has sent me for therapy for carpal tunnel before. It's been back again for awhile, this time with a very painful cyst to aggravate the situation. He referred me to see a hand/wrist specialist, and suggested that I might need to have both problems corrected surgically at the same time. In other words, the ligament across the base of the palm would be severed. That isn't the plan yet though, just speculation. I'm hoping that the removing/aspirating/whatever the cyst might take care of it, since it's right next to the carpal tunnel and may be rubbing the nerve too.

Anyway, the orthopedic surgeon, who did a great job on my knee but does not do hands anymore, said all of his past patients have been happy and nobody complained of lack of strength. He said it only reduces hands strength with the hand at an angle that's weak and awkward even without the surgery. OK, I understand that, and everyone I've talked to said the same thing. Nobody thinks they lost any hand strength.

However, I doubt if any of those people actually use their hands for any real work. They've probably never touched a wrench in their lives, and certainly haven't tried to use one in the inevitable awkward spots. At least now I can turn a turn a few bolts, then ice down my wrist and take it up again the next day. Yeah, it took me two weeks to get through a recent job that should have taken an afternoon, but I did get it done. I also live on about 11 acres, with all that entails .... Plus, there's the 54 pound race tires to maneuver onto the studs, and an ever-growing child who feels no pain whatsoever from my wrist (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Am I worrying about nothing? Once that ligament is severed, there's no turning back.

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sgarnett   Anyone have carpal tunnel surgery?   Oct 25 2007, 03:14 PM
StanIROCZ   My dad had the surgery on both hands and after the...   Oct 25 2007, 08:20 PM
trackbird   I work with a guitar player (sax, keyboards, etc a...   Oct 25 2007, 08:23 PM
CrashTestDummy   I had what I thought was carpel tunnel many, many ...   Oct 25 2007, 08:49 PM
SSTAT   Im an internal medicine physician, (hence SSTAT) n...   Oct 26 2007, 05:28 AM
sgarnett   I have to admit that medically-necessary yo-yo bre...   Oct 26 2007, 09:32 AM
dregsz   QUOTE (sgarnett @ Oct 26 2007, 04:32 AM) ...   Nov 21 2007, 05:21 AM
sgarnett   QUOTE (dregsz @ Nov 21 2007, 12:21 AM) Fr...   Nov 23 2007, 04:41 AM
jeffburch   Don't know much about it. One of my guys is of...   Nov 21 2007, 12:59 PM
sgarnett   I've heard of the book trick. The cyst seems t...   Nov 22 2007, 04:19 PM
Rob Hood   QUOTE (sgarnett @ Nov 22 2007, 09:19 AM) ...   Nov 23 2007, 07:21 PM
steve-d   Doing the same sort of repetitive manipulation of ...   Nov 25 2007, 06:32 PM
Lonnie   I was also having a carpal tunnel problem with my ...   Dec 1 2007, 01:15 AM
sgarnett   By the time I was finally able to get an appointme...   Dec 28 2007, 03:57 PM

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