Glad the surgery went well. I have been lurking and reading this site, and it's interesting to note the similarity of my symptoms with others here when I have felt like I have been living in a vacuum. I had CT surgery on my R hand 3 years ago and it went well. It was open surgery and I was 90% functional in about 3 weeks. The soreness at the surgery site persisted for months though really. They make hand sleeves with padding on the palm just for this purpose and that really helped me get by since I use the computer a lot. The thing I really wanted to say though is make sure you are actively getting your hand back to normal with exercises and possibly physical therapy. At the heart of it a piece of your hand was severed and my experience is the rest of your hand will have to compensate in subtle ways. No one told me at the time and I wish they had. My surgeon was good at surgery but once it was done it became clear in his mind the job was done. Good luck with it Amigo.