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Originally Posted by MissesV
My doctor also told me that I could develop permanent nerve damage if untreated with my TTS. That is why she wants to do my right foot before the severe pain kicks in. I've already shown sensation loss and muscle weakness in that foot. I go for that surgery on the 8th of May.
I see her tomorrow about my hands. My hands are really bad! I'm thinking about asking her to do my hands (or one hand, I don't know what this surgery entails yet) on the 8th instead of my foot. I'm already scheduled for surgery, so why not just switch limbs?
This is crazy. I just want to figure out what is wrong and fix it. I'm not really sure how the PN could be hereditary because my grandmother is the only one that I know that also suffers with it, but it is because of her diabetes. I do not have diabetes, so I just do not understand.
I think I'm going to go back and see my regular doctor and have him refer me to a specialist to do more diagnostic testing. I've just been focusing on getting rid of the pain and I think it's time to focus on the problem.
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Did they do a nerve conduction study on your hands? What does that show? My feet show permanent nerve damage...or did back then. I'd like to see what a study shows now. If there's permanent nerve damage the surgery will relieve some of the symptoms but any symptoms tied to the nerve damage will still be present after the surgery. I'd request they find out which of your limbs is the worst and do that one first. The hands take about 6 months to heal back to 100%. Full strength returning and all that. Don't know how long the feet will take. But I'd want my feet well healed before they did my hands. And I'd do that first unless the damage is more extensive in my hands. Cause there's no way you can walk on crutches with a hand that's recently been operated on. Can your foot wait 6 months post CTS surgery? This is what I'd be discussing with my doctor(s).
I guess it would be a case of doing the worst foot or hand first. And that would be based on testing. You're going to have a rough row to hoe for a few months. But afterwards things will be much better. It's well worth the surgery...at least it was for me.