I had carpal tunnel surgery done on my right hand mid September last year, my left hand was done early October. The left hand is fine no problems. I can touch my pinky to my thumb fine... everything. NO falling asleep eather or tingling. But my right hand is a different story.

I have swelling in the fatty area between my forfinger and thumb down into my wrist. And right along the whole thumb just under the nail into the wrist where it rotates, I have pain. The forefinger and thumb also get quite stiff. I've never had arthritis problems in my hand... yet. And this didnt start up till after my surgery. It will swell more the more I use it. Normally its about twice the size of my other hand and if I use it more about 3x's the size. I also cannot touch my thumb to my pinky finger on my rt hand. Would this or could this be nerve damage? Or something else?

I mentioned it to the surgeon when I had my 2 wk appt with him. He said this could take up to 6 months to heal. To give it a chance. Ok.. so this took me to March ... still not better. I had called to make an appt , they could get me one in April. Well April 2nd my husband got locked out of his job. No insurance. Thankfully he will be starting a new job July 7th. So we'll have insurance in 30 days after that. I just wish I had an idea of what I may be dealing with here. Have any of you had this problem?

Thanks so much for reading . Just lost as to what is causing this.

Hugz
Beth