Author Topic: Surgery today (Read 2517 times)

Graybeard · « **on:** December 15, 2020, 03:26:49 AM »

Just a final update for you guys, today I'll have carpal tunnel surgery on left hand. Waiting for Matt to show up for 10:45 appointment time.

Be back on tomorrow if not in too much pain.

Argent 88 · « **Reply #1 on:** December 15, 2020, 03:52:08 AM »

Godspeed for a successful surgery and recovery. I know that's been bothering you for some time now.

DEACONLLB · « **Reply #2 on:** December 15, 2020, 04:34:40 AM »

I had both of mine done in May of this year was not bad at all no pain make sure you get the hand brace it really helps.

Deaconllb

oldandslow · « **Reply #3 on:** December 15, 2020, 04:43:07 AM »

Good luck, Graybeard. My wife had both of hers done years ago. No more pain at all since. Her doctor told her he could send her to therapy for a couple of weeks after her first but that he had another method that worked just as well and was free. It was pretty simple too. Just washing dishes by hand and it worked for her both times.

sbilson · « **Reply #4 on:** December 15, 2020, 04:48:59 AM »

Hoping things work out well for you. God bless

Bob Riebe · « **Reply #5 on:** December 15, 2020, 05:21:06 AM »

A good friend of mine had it done last year and had to have it redone but they got it right the second time and he says it is good as new now.
You will be able to scratch your buttocks again.

quickdtoo · « **Reply #6 on:** December 15, 2020, 05:38:44 AM »

Best of luck on a good outcome!

Tim

JoeG52 · « **Reply #7 on:** December 15, 2020, 06:36:48 AM »

Prayers for a good outcome!

BUGEYE · « **Reply #8 on:** December 15, 2020, 06:51:43 AM »

Prayers sent Bill.

wtxbadger · « **Reply #9 on:** December 15, 2020, 08:20:43 AM »

Prayers sent for a speedy recovery.

ironglows · « **Reply #10 on:** December 15, 2020, 08:26:06 AM »

Best wishes Bill..prayers .. I had my left done 2-3 years ago, along with the ulnar nerve (crazy bone) in th eelbow. Fingers were getting quite numb...mostly better now.

Stopped by the VA hospital for a Covid test..preparing for small skin surgery on Friday.
Wow! That swab up the nose..tickled like crazy !

Matt · « **Reply #11 on:** December 15, 2020, 09:09:49 AM »

Surgery went fine, GB is back home and still just as cantankerous as always!

Matt

NWBear · « **Reply #12 on:** December 15, 2020, 09:14:18 AM »

Glad to hear it worked out.

Merry Christmas

Doublebass73 · « **Reply #13 on:** December 15, 2020, 11:33:30 AM »

Glad to hear it went well, hopefully it will improve things.

ironglows · « **Reply #14 on:** December 15, 2020, 12:08:25 PM »

Great news !

Dee · « **Reply #15 on:** December 15, 2020, 01:16:28 PM »

Good deal Bill, glad to hear your doing well.

victorcharlie · « **Reply #16 on:** December 15, 2020, 01:54:07 PM »

Good deal Matt.....

powderman · « **Reply #17 on:** December 15, 2020, 02:26:18 PM »

Quote from: Matt on December 15, 2020, 09:09:49 AM

Surgery went fine, GB is back home and still just as cantankerous as always!

Matt

MATT. Thanks for the update Sir. Prayer sent, more to come. CHARLIE.

billy_56081 · « **Reply #18 on:** December 15, 2020, 02:27:47 PM »

I hope you feel better soon. Prayers sent.

Lloyd Smale · « **Reply #19 on:** December 15, 2020, 10:36:22 PM »

good luck with it Bill. I had both of mine done 6 months apart about 15 years ago. The right was the toughest only because you have to learn to wipe your but with your left hand.

JoeG52 · « **Reply #20 on:** December 16, 2020, 12:27:41 AM »

Thanks for the update Matt, always happy to hear good news!

northwoodneil · « **Reply #21 on:** December 16, 2020, 12:06:06 PM »

You got this Bill, heal up and hurry back.

geezerbiker · « **Reply #22 on:** December 16, 2020, 04:06:53 PM »

If he had the arthroscopic surgery for that, the recovery will be fairly quick. I had mine done back in the mid 90's and because of my strange physiology they couldn't get in that way and had to do it the old fashioned way. I was awake for all that and the turnicate on my upper arm was killing me by the time they got done... Unfortunately I had only scheduled a week off and I had to be back at work a week later.

Tony

BUGEYE · « **Reply #23 on:** December 16, 2020, 04:40:06 PM »

Quote from: Lloyd Smale on December 15, 2020, 10:36:22 PM

good luck with it Bill. I had both of mine done 6 months apart about 15 years ago. The right was the toughest only because you have to learn to wipe your but with your left hand.

Hmmm, I’ve been wiping my butt with my left hand since I was potty trained.
And I use that hand to write, eat, shoot, etc.
I don’t find it that difficult.

Graybeard · « **Reply #24 on:** December 16, 2020, 04:43:22 PM »

Mine was open surgery, not arthroscopic. He told me 6 stitches I think.

I have a huge mass of bandage all wrapped by Ace bandage looking stuff wrapped so tightly it is affecting circulation. Tonight I have a lot of swelling of fingers and what of hand that isn't wrapped which isn't much. I can take it off around noon tomorrow. I hope swelling goes down when all that comes off.

Pain was minimal but with the swelling the fingers are in a lot of pain tonight. Little to no pain from the incision.

I'm still one handed and will be for quite awhile I think so am typing with one finger and it is slow.

Dee · « **Reply #25 on:** December 16, 2020, 04:54:13 PM »

But its done, so now it'll get better. Good deal.

geezerbiker · « **Reply #26 on:** December 16, 2020, 05:01:25 PM »

When I had mine, I was back to my regular duties at Microsoft in 3 weeks. I was up for some special training that would get me a promotion and I would have gone to that if I had to crawl to get there. The original plan was to work a s-load of overtime, then take a few weeks off to recuperate but the plan didn't go exactly that way.

How I typed was with a pencil in my right hand, I would wrap my middle finger around it while otherwise mostly holding a fist. I'd hold the pencil straight up and down and use the eraser to work the keyboard. It's harder to describe than to do but it worked, for me anyway.

That didn't hurt but using a mouse right handed did. I had to use mice at work but I bought a touch pad like laptops have today to use on my desktop PC at home. I got pretty good with it but playing solitaire was kind of complected.

Tony

Graybeard · « **Reply #27 on:** December 17, 2020, 03:31:12 AM »

This morning the swelling of my fingers and hand right below them is still there but the pain mostly is gone.

I get to take the bandage off and see it in about 3 more hours. Then I'll just have a large Band-Aid on it.

oldandslow · « **Reply #28 on:** December 17, 2020, 04:00:51 AM »

Hang in there. MY wife said to tell you the results are worth the discomfort.

Graybeard · « **Reply #29 on:** December 17, 2020, 11:33:03 AM »

Big bandage is off. My hand now really does look like it was smashed with sledge hammer. It is bruised and colorful from down on the wrist, thru the entire palm into lower fingers and half way up the thumb. Yeah it HURTS! Swelling is mostly gone from fingers but back of hand still swelled up. Fingers of left hand don’t bend much and hurts to try. Left hand pretty much useless still. Tried to type this with both hands, that was an immediate no go, can't use left fingers.

I pulled the bandage before my daily nap today around 46-47 hours following surgery. I now have just large Band-Aid over it. He used 5 stitches to close the cut. It actually hurts more now than it did the morning after surgery and fingers are less flexible than then as well. Gonna be a few more days before pain leaves and finger flexibility returns.