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Chronic Pain members - Welcome, please introduce yourself
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I'm Glenn i have a painful arthritic index finger joint which has not responded to injections of steroid...keeps me from all activity involving that finger which is ,like, most activity
Both thumbs have been fixed by joint fusion . ...really worked well...I'm looking for anyone else who has worn these joints out pulling and squeezing ropes and or heavy cable such as in stage or rigging work
I'm looking first , srcond by for surgery covered by my Ontario (OHIP) second by a foreign surgeon who can fix it with money
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Hello @gdonald3. I would like to give a late welcome to the group. Thank you for introducing yourself to the Chronic Pain group. If you don't mind me sharing, is it osteoarthritis in your fingers? It sounds like you must have done a lot of hard work with your hands. I have not heard of someone fusing their thumb joints. However, I know what it is like to have a joint fused all to well as I fused my left ankle in 2015 from end-stage arthritis. Tough recovery. Are your thumbs like my ankle, little to no movement?