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Originally Posted by heybro
I *think* I am going to post pone on surgery.
GAWRRRR It is so hard to know what to do.
Dr. Donahue finally offered it to me so I jumped on it, now I may be pulling back.
I am going to try more physical therapy. We hit a wall in December but after a month away from it, I got better.
If I look at myself a year ago, I am definitely better. Not out of the woods AT ALL, but definitely not on that downhill spiral anymore. I know this takes FOREVER for nerves to heal so I will give my body the benefit of the doubt and keep plugging away now with therapy. Maybe the Botox will help my therapy go better.
I think of surgery as a cure and I think I am incorrect in doing so. I believe surgery is a last resort. I wish it was not something that you had to be very bad to have done.
My current level is that I get numb pinkies and my elbows get a pressure in them. This will stay this way as long as I am not on the computer much and don't do stupid things like hold a phone without a headset or go swimming. Doing so would make pain start.
I don't want to risk my current "ok" state for something better if it means possibly becoming worse than I am now.
Thank You ALL!
Marky Mark  |
I think you are making a good decision. You can always reschedule it. I am in a similar place-after 2 yers of pain-better but not good enough. The next step for me is posture,ergonomics and strengthening without hurting,with the goal of going back to work. For me my laptop has been a godsend. I cant use a mouse. Try to think of some ways to minimize the use that gets you in pain-and find other ways to do the things you want to do- In my case time and rest along with good pt and trigger point injections have really helped. Aquatherapy? instead of swimming. Trackpad or Wacom tablet, Dragon software, Ergonomic chair for the computer.
I have noticed too I am better without pt if the pt is flaring me up. See if it continues to improve and then decide if you want to try a new therapy, but only give it 2-4 weeks to see if it is helping you and if not move on to the next thing. It is frustrating and time consumng, but even if you have surgery you would still have to do all those things.
Keep Strong-
JKL