Tracie - It takes time to recover from this surgery. When I had my surgery, I was warned the nerves "wake up" around week two or three and the pain actually gets worse for a period. I felt ready to return to work at two weeks but I wasn't ready. I ended up taking another three weeks off and working part-time the 1st week back to ease into things. The nerves have to regenerate so there is a long recuperation period. Have they started you on physical therapy?

By a year post-surgery, things had significantly improved. My hand muscles recovered (I had severe atrophy of the hand and forearm muscles). I am 5 years post-op, working full-time and taking classes to try to change my career. I am experiencing some returning symptoms (mainly numbness in the pinky/ring finger) right now but I am also 5 months pregnant so the suspicion is the pregnancy is causing the returning symptoms.

Good luck with the rehab and take it easy!