: Further Aventures in the Health Industry
Well, after a really unsatisfactory interaction the hand and wrist guy ordered a test to determine if I really have carpal tunnel syndrome. That was this morning. Unlike most of the people who do medical tests he was both willing and able to tell me the results. I do indeed have moderate carapl tunnel on the right and mild on the left. He said that usually they recommend wearing braces and changing egonomics and mild NSAIDs for this level for a couple months and if that doesn't work...
That was the point at which I Interrupted to tell him I'd been wearing the braces for 2 full months and being careful about ergonomics for the last year.
So then I'll set you up an appointment with one of our surgeons, he finished.
I see the surgeon on Wednesday. Apparently the surgery for this condition has improved immensely in recent years. They may even be able to do it on an outpatient basis. We'll see, but it looks like at least the right wrist is going to have to have surgery. I am, of course, EXTREMELY right handed. The handout he gave me says it can take 3-4 weeks to be able to write or type comfortably, and you don't get full strength back for 10-12 weeks...
Tags: carpal tunnel, health
Well, after a really unsatisfactory interaction the hand and wrist guy ordered a test to determine if I really have carpal tunnel syndrome. That was this morning. Unlike most of the people who do medical tests he was both willing and able to tell me the results. I do indeed have moderate carapl tunnel on the right and mild on the left. He said that usually they recommend wearing braces and changing egonomics and mild NSAIDs for this level for a couple months and if that doesn't work...
That was the point at which I Interrupted to tell him I'd been wearing the braces for 2 full months and being careful about ergonomics for the last year.
So then I'll set you up an appointment with one of our surgeons, he finished.
I see the surgeon on Wednesday. Apparently the surgery for this condition has improved immensely in recent years. They may even be able to do it on an outpatient basis. We'll see, but it looks like at least the right wrist is going to have to have surgery. I am, of course, EXTREMELY right handed. The handout he gave me says it can take 3-4 weeks to be able to write or type comfortably, and you don't get full strength back for 10-12 weeks...
Tags: carpal tunnel, health