Knee doing well - Hand surgery went well.

Good luck, Stacy. We "age experienced" folks gotta stick together. After your
knees, the hand should be a piece of cake.
Bill
 
Surgery went well. I should have full function of my fingers/hand in a few weeks, and feeling will return in 8-9 months. They moved the nerve over to the side of the ulna to get it away from being compressed. Fingers already move better.
 
Stacy,

glad everything went well !

Heal up quick :thumbup:

BTW, you will now have something in common with all the MLB pitchers who've had Tommy John surgery - many of them get Ulnar Nerve Transpositions at the same time:cool:

Bill
 
I was back at work yesterday setting diamonds and repairing jewelry. I had to be a bit creative for tasks that the splinted ( like a soft cast) arm would not bend to. I ended up doing a lot of things left handed, which went surprisingly well. The fingers are already stronger.
 
Re-read this and hope that the progress continued and hand and leg are back to working well (and painlessly) now.

Corey "synthesist" Gimbel
 
Knee is 3 months old now, and no problem at all. I rarely even notice it.
Hand is improved since the surgery a month ago. I have some abduction and adduction in the first three fingers and much more hand strength. The little finger is still numb. It will slowly improve over the next six months to a year as the nerve repairs. I haven't done any knife grinding yet, but plan on trying some out in a few weeks.
 
I am a bit embarrassed to say I missed this thread as well. I'm glad to hear your surgeries went well. I had the Ulnar and the carpal tunnel done on my left arm last sept and benefited from it greatly. I'm trying to put off the right side. :o LOL.

It took about 4 months for my elbow to burn along the incision and now I am looking at another trigger finger on the pinky on the left hand.

My new name will be Steve Austin after they are done rebuilding me and I will be up to about 6 mil in co-pays!;)
 
I'm glad to hear that you're continuing to heal so well. Modern medicine can be an amazing thing.

Corey "synthesist" Gimbel
 
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