Murgir,
Sorry, I missed your question in there somewhere. I guess my hand pretty much contracted from the beginning. After surgery they put me in a soft splint with rigid spines from palm to elbow. They totally numbed my entire arm in addition to gen. anesthesia. about 18 hrs. later the numbing wore off to the most EXCRUCIATING PAIN!! Had been thru knee surgery & knew it was not even near normal. Now this is a common song........dozens of runarounds at Dr. offices, rude treatment, wrong advice (ice it, ice it, ice it).
Anyway I had a swollen, mottled, shiny claw of a hand that I could not move or use at all. Now (1 yr. later), so many drugs & treatments later + I used up all 60 of my allotted P.T. visits within 5 months. The swelling is gone, my skin is stil "shiny & thin my fingers will not straighten, thumb won't bend I can make 1/2 fist, wrist won't rotate. But I do have strength back so I have some use back.
We should make time to talk about the whole disability thing.