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Last time I wasn'tOriginally Posted by Momofmany
Sending major vibes to you for your surgery! With any luck you will be passed out from the medication before they do the Bier block on your arm - I was completely out by the time they started to do that with me.
It's been roughly 2-1/2 months post my tendon surgery and the only reason why I didn't heal any faster was because I had huge scar tissue that had to be worked out. Had I started physical therapy earlier, I would have had full use of my hand a month ago. So get yourself into PT quickly and you'll be using that hand again in no time.
All I know at this point is that I will go in approx. 10 days after surgery to get the stiches removed, and then start PT. How long before you started PT?
When I had the CTR (carpal tunnel release) done, with the first one I listened to my surgeon who said not to move that hand except for wiggling my fingers..... so I was in PT when I had the second one done, and under direction of my PT, he said to move my wrist to the point where it stretched but didn't ouch. I recovered so much faster with the second surgery than the first when I didn't move it.
The surgeon doing this one, is a specialised Hand and Upper limb surgeon.... so I have a little more faith in him, as well as I already have met with my PT... every appt. at this clinic you're dealing with PT prior to seeing the dr. and I really like the PT.... he knows his stuff, doesn't mind questions and is quite easy on the eyes