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@irene5 I hope for relief, but I'm well overdue for the surgery, so it may not help. This will be my second CMC thumb joint rebuild, the right hand was done with a newer technique called the tightrope 3 years ago. Much simpler and quicker recovery than the tendon process, and it has been great. Looks like our September trip to Europe is off, so I hope to be able to do it in late summer.
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irene5 Irene Estes | @irene5 | Apr 30, 2020

@sueinmn I am sorry about your trip. Thank you Sue for the new info for me about your right hand. I was supposed to have the tendon one done in 2014, but I was still teaching and wouldn’t take the time. (I used to be a type A personality.) My hand doctor had said I would need a block because the pain is “bumpy” afterwards. I can’t have general surgery now, so if I ever am able to have my hands done, maybe that will be an option if it is less invasive. Thank you. When I had carpal tunnel surgery done years ago ( before MAC), he did several steroid shots while I was “out.” That lasted a long time. I sincerely hope you get relief! Irene

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