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[benlilly1]

Wow, that's great! Glad to hear you're pain free!

[Retswerb]

That’s great, Ferg! Glad to hear it. One down, one to go!

[kiwican]

Nice one!

[YinTx]

Sounds like you got a good doc.  Awesome thing!

YinTx

[Handstitched]

All the very best Fergie    My Mother has one more to go too .

At least you can hold a beer  now  

HS

[DanC]

You can just buy or have the doctor prescribe (thus a prescription) a wrist support for one or both.

Caution though - they do support the wrist/hand, but they all (see above) also prevent movement - something that is just as bad and you can figure out why.

So, wear them with some common sense (movement is critical to prevent freezing in place).

[Ferg]

We have the wrist supports for both hands. They done me little to no good.

I had my right hand surgery last Thursday. Left hand was a piece of cake, it is healed to almost invisible.

Small problem with the incision on the right hand but wife and I fixed it this morning.

Doctor had told me I may not get total reduction in the numbness in my fingers. So far he was correct. After left hand surgery the numbness went completely away in my right.

Since right hand surgery I have some numbness in all fingers with exception of "little fingers". They are normally left out of the pain etc.

I have arthritis in several of my fingers just to keep me aware. Lol

I would recommend the surgery to anyone with the problem. Right hand took ten minutes. I had enough pain with the right to make me take a few pain pills, left was flawless.

Ferg

[battlemunky]

Outstanding report @Ferg! I'm super glad it worked out so well. As you continue to heal it'll likely improve more. You'll have to take up tennis or jackhammering random stuff just to feel alive!

[DanC]

Good to hear your on your way to recovery 

Good luck to you

[Hardrada]

On 7/23/2020 at 1:23 AM, Frodo said:

make you a 3'' wide leather bracelet. use a thick veg tan.  you want it stiff, make the closure velcro,  so you can adjust 

this will stop you from resting your wrist on the desk as you type and it will support your wrists.

it works

i have it and with out my brace i cant work..

You wouldn't have to happen a picture of one of these do you? I'm having the same problem but I don't want surgery.