Hey Mail Lady It's good to hear from you. Yes i was taking different meds every four, six, and eight hours I was rattling !! My fingers were like little fat sausages and very painful. I went to hand...
Hey Mail Lady Well done you the worst part is over and as long as you are careful and do what the doctors say hopefully your recovery will be good (my husband has just said to me " it's a shame that...
Hey mail lady I'm guessing you are getting prepared for your op. GOOD LUCK :-) I'm hoping that the surgery is going to worth it but at the moment I'm having a few down days but this is purely because...
Hey Bonsue and Mail lady Good luck with your surgery I will be thinking of you. Mail lady I am a registered childminder and need my hands luckily I have some help but after the first week of feeling...
Hey Lolly I can't believe that your doctor has been giving you cortisone injections for years they are obviously not effective if you are still in that much pain !!! I had 2 injections they didn't...
Hey Dolly I am sooooooo pleased to hear that you didn't do any damage to you hand and that you are ok. I'm not sure ,but they may do things slightly differently here in the UK because I thought I...
Hey BonSue I had my surgery 14th March and I have to be honest it has been extremely painful and as I said when my plaster came off it was bad but today I can nearly touch my forefinger with my thumb...
Hey Dolly Just read about you falling how awful for you !!!! How are you ? I have had plaster off and have a horrible looking hand !! I was in considerable pain and had x- rays to check that all was...
Hey Bon Sue I was a day patient and am now 3weeks post op and although still in a fair bit of pain I go to see a hand therapist this Wednesday to be fitted for plastic splint which is on for another...
Hey emilylee I am only 51 and have just had joint replacement surgery on my thumb and just like you i have pain for a year and have had cortisone injections that didn't work so an op was the next...
Sorry Dolly meant to type work hard with your physio xx...
Hey Dolly Lol if I don't go back to work I think I will go maaaaaaddddd !! But as I said my business is run from my home and I have assistance but basically I am a rubbish patient :-) . At the moment...
Msval So glad your surgery worked out for you I just had mine on the 14 March and it's sooooooo painful. It's good to know that 7 years on and your hand is fine. I know what you mean about the...
Hey Dolly68 Just to let you know I had my surgery and Oh My Gosh how painful was it :cry:! It was not as straight forward as my surgeon first thought as it was bone on bone, didn't realise it was...
Hey Dolly just read your post and wondered how you are getting on with the cast. I am having my surgery on 14 March and not looking forward to the surgery let alone the cast!!!!! I'm hoping I can...
Thanks stkitt I am very confident with my surgeon and have done a fair bit of research on the condition so hopefully god willing all will be well :-)...
Hi I am 52 and i am having Joint replacement in my thumb on 14 March and I am very worried about the whole thing especially doing day to day things as it will be my right hand and I am so glad that I...