Thumb Surgery

I have had many surgeries but I must say this one has cause me some pretty sever pain. It rates right up there with my neck surgery. You just don't realize how much your brain will move your thumb even before you think about it being cut open.

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[Pianda]

BTW: I loo for ppl who had such a thumb-op. I also want to know whether anyone can play piano after such a thumb-op, or does not have the constant adjustment problems in arm-hand-muscles that I suffer from. @debbie, I have to watch your vid once more - could not just get ev.thing. I met a man who said, his wife is crying after thub-op, let glasses fall down bc. of the overwhelming ache - do you have this too?

[debbiez112]

@Pianda I am able to use my thumb ok but it is still sore and I have some numbness in the area behind my nail. I have terrible spinal problems already and have had neck surgery years before this thumb surgery. I had a large cyst between my nail and the first joint so I could not use my thumb properly before the surgery. I feel like the surgery helped me even though my thumb will never be like it was before the cyst and arthritis. Thanks for watching. I hope your thumb gets better.

[debbiez112]

@Pianda I do not seen to have the problem you are talking about. I have some soreness still and some numbness behind my nail that the DR said will take time to go away.

I have had one neck surgery years ago and I am crippled in a wheelchair from spinal arthritis so I sure hope this thumb surgery never causes me anymore neck problems.

Thanks for watching. I hope your thumb gets well soon.

[CountryComesToTown]

Sorry to hear that you've been through so much. I sure hope you feel better soon. -Jim

[debbiez112]

@CountryComesToTown Thanks Jim, It is getting better slowly but surely.

[Jinxie228]

OUCH is all I can say!  I hope you are feeling better today--- it just sounds so painful.

[debbiez112]

@Jinxie228 It really was painful but everyday it is getting better. :)

[Pianda]

@Pianda ....letting fall down glasses from pain- this will be a prob of nerves after thumb-op. Today I came home from AIKIDO...can't do this,bc. my arm still hurt bc. the muscles are in a wrong function mode (thumb-op-cons).....but there I learned to train my hand/arm- joint...together with ickfa's vids this may also serve you. Do you know have a reason for this pain? I have to admit that I do not understand your message too well. Please let check you (neck) by a good physiotherapist

[Pianda]

@debbiez112 so if you had neck surgery then I think your hand probs come from the neck (as most; parts of the neck-ill persons have 2 uneven legs which causes neck-probs, but no doctor is going to the origine of the probs!!!! which is criminal behaviour). My physiotherapist began at the NECK (not the hand); please check vids like "Karpaltunnel" and hand/thumb vids ("ickfa"). My probs after surg. were diff. from yours, but I met the husband of a woman that is also crying and ...

[Pianda]

my muscles in the arm and the hand are so different in fnction from what my brain/body ACTUALLY requires! So with every movement I rearange the whole musles by INTENTION, which is so annoying! My physiotherapist said, 2-3 % have strong problems in the hand after hand-operation, but she admitted that the thumb-op is worsening the neck-spine-situation. Find a good hand-phsyioth. that can support your spine/cervical-spine situation.

[Pianda]

most ppl who have thumb problems like arthrosis have primary neck-problems. When operated at the thumb, the whole muscles change their function (worse!!!!) and this has consequences back to the neck. I experienced this and I hate the doctor who - without reason, it was only arthritis - lied at me and said: "everything will be as before"!!!! 4 years of big problems in neck.Now I go to a hand-physiotherapist: she helps me that much to rearrange my cervical spine and my spine bone-but still: