Ulnar Nerve Damage

Sarah talks about hand surgery to repair ulnar nerve, which was damaged when she stabbed herself in the heel of her dominant hand while doing dishes. Knife accident happened on January 17th, 2010. This video was recorded Sunday, January 24th, 2010. Surgery is January 25th. Ring and pinkie on dominant hand are in claw shape and have limited movement / very little strength. Also numbish.

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[1978gisa]

Thank you so much for this video- beats any text book description for ulnar nerve palsy .

[Lavandalion]

Thank you. Hope you feel better now.

[funincluded]

@BestOfTheBestNumber9

Because she has glasses and a scarf?

[cleggyBOY1996]

my dad has done the same injury with his left hand

[rduda2850]

this was a better explanation than my med school professor, thanks for clarifying!

[ptefabulous]

Thank you for posting this, I'm a medical student and you have no idea how difficult it is to keep all these nerve lesions of the hand straight! Now I have a visual hopefully I can remember it better :)

[Guitfiddlejase]

@lonewatchman Yeah! the atrophy pit!I have that too...I never thought of video games-that's a great idea.

[Guitfiddlejase]

Thanks for the video...I fell through the glass top of a coffee table nearly twenty years ago now and did pretty much the same to left hand.(The ulnar nerve was severed unfortunately)

...but it is really cool to see someone with a similar injury!I kinda thought I was alone!My pinky and ring finger are the same way.I play guitar and I know how you feel with dealing with your flute. I wish you the best.

[rinsedpie]

hope hand ok now sarah...did you gain ulnar function back?

[orionalan]

ThursdayJava, I have the same injury, mine was about 9 months ago, I am curious how your surgery went and what your update status is now.

Thanks