Kitty

In Reply to: Re: My recovery posted by kitty on March 05, 2004 at 19:28:02:

: : If you get a second, would you update us on your healing progress? I know all of you are working folks and probably tired when you get home. But I was thinking this morning how nice it was for you to share your surgeries. New posters can benefit a great deal from your information. I hope your doing well and will let us know how things are going during your healing process. Melani

: Hi Everyone,
: As most of you know I had endo surgery on my right dom hand Sept 9th, my recovery was going very well I had almost no pain. 2 days post op my doctor saw me and took off the "big" bandage, I had no swelling and very little bruising (I swear by using ice!) Everything was going well, I was slowly getting strength back, when I fell and broke a small bone in my right wrist on Oct 3. After that I had alot of pain, but it was nothing like the carpal tunnel pain I had had before the surgery. It was mostly in the thumb area where I had the broken carpal bone. Well that took a looooong time to heal, but it did. Everything was going well when in the beginning of Feb I had to chip ice off of a big staircase. It's a long story, but what I had to do was use a snow shovel like a axe, swing it over my head and slam it down on the stairs, for about an hour! Of course, it was much too soon to put my hand through that. But I had no choice, I had movers there at the time and no one else to clear the stairs. I didn't want to see someone fall and get hurt.
: Anyway, the healing from that has been slow going, my wrist is better but I am still haveing trouble with my hand. The knuckles where my hand and fingers meet (especially the middle one) swell often and are painful. I went to a hand surgeon recently and he thought it was strange, but couldn't be bothered with me. I think he wants to retire. Anyway I am giving it a little more time and then I will see another hand specialist.
: The important thing is I feel that the surgery was a complete sucess. I rarely have the "cts" pain that drove me to surgery any more. If I hadn't re injured it after the surgery I think I would be doing great now. I was told before hand that I would get the occasional "nerve pain" once in a while for about a year because of the entrapement, but again, it is nothing like the pain I was having before surgery.
: Sorry for the long post, but that is my story and where I am at today.
: Take care everyone,
: Kitty

Kitty your post was great and I found something that you and I have a lot in comman, ICE, lol. You've been thru the mill and all I can say about you, is your one tough lady. If your surgery becomes a total success, then you'll be one great support. Due to breaking the bone in your wrist and using the ice shovel to remove hard ice. Your an inspiration. Thanks for your update. Its always good to see you around the board. Melani