Hi,
I had a full fusion in august 2002 and have been back at work since Xmas.
While its still early days & i'm still getting use to what i can & can't do
overall i'm very happy with the results. Its good to be able to not feel any
discomfort in the wrist. My pain has reduced alot and is very minimal. I am
bricklayer by trade and I am quite impressed with the fact that I can still
lay bricks again as I thought this would not be a possibility from the
information the Doctors had told me. I have to go to work, but please feel
free to ask any questions you need. Kind Regards Richard Holt.





>From: "Dyanne" <dyanne@...>
>Reply-To: KienbockDisease_Australia@yahoogroups.com
>To: <KienbockDisease_Australia@yahoogroups.com>
>Subject: Re: [KienbockDisease_Australia] fusion or maybe partial fusion
>Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2003 11:59:40 +1000
>
>Thankyou Lois,
>
>I was told partial fusion was not an option but full fusion is only option.
>I guess I will just have to get used to the idea! I get my practice splint
>on tuesday which is suposed to help me learn how things will be with a
>fused wrist. funny thing Col pointed out is that we both already know what
>that like since the thremo braces we wear almost constantly has a splint
>underneath to stop you flexing your wrist also LOL. I guess I will play
>along until I see the specialist on the 21st. Thankyou for your advice I
>have printed some things off the net I found on a hand athritis site which
>explains exactly what those surgeries are for and how they are done and how
>long the recovery time is etc.. I gave Col the address I think he will be
>putting up the link as soon as he can so everyone can look. They treat
>arthritis of the wrist pretty much the same way they treat end stage
>Kienbocks so you will all find you have heard these proceedures mentioned
>many times before from KDers.
>
>Happy healing all .
>Dy.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: shinysparkly2003 <shinysparkly@...>
> To: KienbockDisease_Australia@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 11:43 AM
> Subject: [KienbockDisease_Australia] fusion or maybe partial fusion
>
>
> Hi Dyanne, surfing the net last night at work, (funnily enough we had
> some down time.) I read some articles on fusion and partial fusion. I
> need to revisit these articles as at 4.00am, my perception of reality
> drastically changes..lol. But what I did glean was that most of the
> people in the research article had significantly less pain and were
> able to return to their job after healing. I'm no expert on
> interpreting data from these articles and I need to look into some
> more. Partial fusion also seemed a reasonable option. Check google
> and have a sqizz. See what you think. If anyone else has had partial
> or full fusion, would love to hear from you. Stay comfortable and be
> well. Lois
>
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