hand surgery

[RENEE RUSSELL]

   Has anyone had a successful hand surgery and been able to return to reporting?

      Thanks, Renee

 

[Kerry F]

What kind and for what condition?  I've warded off lots of hand issues over the years with no surgery.

[RENEE RUSSELL]

  The ortho is recommending CMC Arthroplasty - basal joint is bone on bone

[Kerry F]

Well, that one I don't know about.  If you've lost cartilage, surgery is probably the only option, but you don't want that happening to any more hand joints.

[Kelli Combs (admin)]

That sounds terrible.  Did you get that from court reporting?  This job is tough on the body, that's for sure.

[Kerry F]

I'm actually wondering if that's what is starting on my right hand by the base of the thumb, though mine doesn't seem to be in the actual joint.  I think mine is a ganglion cyst.  I've been using cold laser and castor oil packs with low heat and it is getting less swollen.  Doesn't hurt a lot but I know it's there.

[Deborah M.]

I had carpal tunnel surgery my first year of reporting.  I started getting it while I was in school.  I did both hands, a couple months apart.  That was in 1990 and I'm still working.