Trigger Finger surgery

I'm having surgery next month and wanted to know if you can go to work the next day.

thanks

 

It all depends upon the extent of the surgery and the sort of work that you do.

If your trigger finger plays an important role in your job (if you are an international assassin, for example), then you might want to put off your next contract hit for a few weeks since the surgery may hinder your aim. :P

On the other hand, if you are a college professor, gymnastics judge, or t.v. anchor, then you're probably going to be able to return a day or two after surgery.

Thanks everyone for your reply. I wish I was an assassin, I'd probably make more money :)
I'm in advertising so I"m at a desk all day on the computer. I would think it would hinder my hands on the keyboard. Should I attempt to go back the next day or take an extra day off?
Thanks all.

Of course it makes a lot of difference how bad the fingers were at first and how many are being done. There are a ot of stories on the forum which you can find in the search box at the top of the page.

No way can you type for at least a couple of weeks. You should have the hand and arm held upright in the "Swiss cheest" thing for that time to prevent swelling. You can go to work after a few days, but the hand is wrapped and you can only touch a couple of fingers. Don't do anything more than the doc says!

You should expect to have hand therapy starting when the stitches come out after about 2 weeks. If it's not offered, ask! It makes a lot of difference in recovery. If you can't get it, at least google some exercises and massage. You must keep adhesions from limiting your movement permanently. I had 3 fingers done a couple of years ago and still have problems with stiffness. I may go for a second release in one of the fingers. Yes, these surgeries are not foolproof.

Don't bother with sedation for this surgery. The local anesthetic is plenty to keep you from feeling anything at all. It nice to have a nurse to talk to to keep you from being nervous. My 3 fingers were done, start to finish including wrap, in just 15 minutes. I couldn't even tell where my arm was going, which is the reason for the Swiss Cheese protector. It also helped me keep my hand upright and comfortable.

My hand pain was so bad I felt like I had 100-year-old arthritis. When I got up in the morning I could barely walk to the kitchen is search of a pain pill. Holding my hands under quite warm water helped a lot. I could barely open my hands.

I couldn't tell if I had inflammation or if touching made it worse. It was more like horribly intense stiffness. But mine came on after taking aromatase inhibitors for cancer, so it wasn't anything natural, and it came on quickly rather than over time. My pain was so awful I had to stop the cancer-preventing meds. I'm just getting blood tests every 3 months now and trying not to worry too much.