Triggered
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it stopped my playing for about 4 months
Have you seen this?
I'm not sure if it applies.
SUTURE BUTTON SUSPENSIONPLASTY (SBS) FOR BASAL JOINT ARTHRITIS
Patients remain in a splint for about five days, after which their dressing comes off. They can begin therapy and start using their hand again immediately.
With traditional thumb arthritis surgeries, patients can be in a cast for one month or longer. The majority of Dr. Yao’s patients get back to normal activity by the three-month mark, if not sooner. Other surgical methods can have double the recovery time, up to six months in some cases.
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Finger injected yesterday...
Surgeon said that there is evidence that after a steroid injection, if surgery is performed less than three months after the injection, risk of infection is higher. Statistically significant, but probably not clinically significant.
But, pain is gone.
The finger is still triggering, but he said this might last a few days.
The good thing is that, even though triggering, playing the piano (I tried today) is not painful.
The plan is to see what happens. If triggering recurs, I'll ignore it, as long as it doesn't REALLY affect function. If it causes pain, that's a different thing, of course.
Hopefully (?) the thumb will start acting up as well, and I can get both of them done at the same time.
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It's really a nothing procedure. Local anesthesia (though he did offer sedation). My left hand hurt for a few weeks afterward, but I was able to return to the piano after a few months, much to the dismay of Mrs. George. I'm glad both are being done. He offered to inject the thumb again, but he said that if it recurs, and it's likely to, I'll need surgery. Only 1 trip to the OR is better.
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Hope all goes well.
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Hang in there, man.
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How long is the surgery and projected recovery time?
Me/rry/Christmas
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@LuFins-Dad said in Triggered:
How long is the surgery and projected recovery time?
I was in the operating room for one hour. However, 2/3 of that time was spent prepping the hand, and applying dressings. The tourniquet which was applied to prevent bleeding from the incision sites was only inflated for 10 minutes. In other words, it took about 5 to 6 minutes Per finger to do the repair.
Dressing comes off tomorrow, and I replace it with Band-Aids or some other exclusive dressing. There are two stitches and they come out on the 16th.
Last time I had this done, hand was sore for about five months after surgery And it really cramped my piano playing style. I imagine this will be about the same.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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A friend of mine had this surgery about three months ago. Like you it was the second time round. He was surprised how much more quickly he recovered the second time. In ten days to two weeks he was more or less back to normal.
Wishing you an even speedier recovery.
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