Robin,
I had ct & ulner nerve at wrist surgery about 6 weeks ago. Prior to
surgery the tips of my fingers and the whole pinky side of hand were
all numb. Now all of the numbness is gone except for once in awhile
it comes & goes. I am still in more pain now than before surgery,
but it is getting much better. My hand just gets tired easy, and
also sore if I use it to much. I am a hairdresser, my hands are not
ready for that. If I continue to cut hair I will need surgery in the
other hand before to long. I also have Essential Tremor(my hands
shake),which is keeping me from cutting hair. Anyhow good luck with
your recovery, let me know how you are doing.

Helene


--- In repetitivestrain@yahoogroups.com, "Robin Nobles" <robin@r...>
wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I had carpal tunnel surgery 4 weeks ago. My doctor told me that I'd
> have 70-80% use of my hand back in 4 weeks. I **guess** I do, but
it
> actually hurts worse than it did before surgery. The numbness,
> tingling, pain, etc., is even worse.
>
> To make matters even worse, I'm a writer -- and I'm on this
computer
> day in/day out. I tried to type with one finger for a while, then
> when it started hurting too much, to leave and rest my hand.
>
> But, my doctor said it's not necessary to do that any more. He said
> that my typing won't damage what he's done to try to correct the
> problem.
>
> My doctor said that it may take 9-12 MONTHS to see the full
benefits
> of the surgery. SCREAM. I wondered if because I waited a long time
> for the surgery if maybe I'd damaged the nerve. He said that's a
> possibility, and my hand may not get any better than it is now.
But,
> we won't know for a while. BE PATIENT. Geez. He also said that the
> longer you wait to have surgery, the longer it sometimes takes to
> recover.
>
> Has anyone else had carpal tunnel surgery? I didn't have the scope-
> type surgery -- just the standard CT surgery.
>
> What type of recovery did you experience? How long did it take
before
> the pain, numbness, etc., went away?
>
> Because using my hands are my job, and because I have no other
> alterative but to use my hands, this is so frustrating! I'm going
to
> check into voice recognition software, which may help me to a
certain
> extent.
>
> Thanks for ANY advice you can give me.
>
> Robin