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Bones, Joints & Muscles | Last Active: Apr 8 2:47pm | Replies (47)
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You didn't scare me LOL! I appreciate your reply very much. From my reading about CTS I learned that there's a much better chance of success if the CTS is caught early. Mine definitely was not caught early. I did feel that my appointment with the surgeon was rushed. He certainly didn't offer any
options other than surgery. I am sorry to hear you've had so much debilitating pain, and that you had thumb surgery as well.
I know I need to make up my mind. The pain now from the CTS, as well as tendinitis in my left wrist, is not screamingly bad as yet. If I decline the surgery perhaps it might become inoperable. Thank you so much for your post.
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I had carpal tunnel release surgery a couple weeks ago on my right hand. It was classified as “moderate” based upon EMG/nerve conduction study. It has helped relieve the pain/numbness and I am working on PT and massaging scar (they give you a little hard ball to roll on your palm scar tissues). I want to do the left hand later this year. It has “mild” carpal tunnel but it gets numb and wakes me up at night. I am happy I did it and probably should have done it sooner but it was hard to determine what was carpal tunnel vs spinal stenosis/radiculopathy and cervical myelopathy.
Good luck making your decision. I never tried injections but have heard they temporarily help relieve symptoms for some. I went straight to surgery once I learned that nerve damage can become permanent if you delay too long.