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[kluurs]

Best of luck!

[Jolly]

Prayers.

[89th]

Here's hoping for a fast recovery and a quick return to the priorities: piano, wifey, chicago pizza, Gkids, (cheap) scotch, movies, and schooling n00bs like me on TNCR.

[LuFins Dad]

How long is the surgery and projected recovery time?

[George K]

@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.

[Renauda]

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.

[89th]

@George-K Were you able to watch the procedure?

[George K]

@89th said in Triggered:

@George-K Were you able to watch the procedure?

Nope.

[George K]

Block has worn off. I'm taking 1000 mg acetaminophen q 6 h. Took some at 8:30 (pre-op) and some at 3 PM. Minor incisional pain 2–3 on a scale of 1–10.

Surgeon called in some Norco (Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen) at 9 AM to Walgreens. Not gonna need it.

He called it in at 9 AM. It took Walgreens until now (5:45) to fill it. Good thing I'm not hurting.

[taiwan_girl]

@George-K How is surgery day +1?

[blondie]

Just saw this @George-K . Good luck with your recovery. Has peak swelling occurred yet? What do you do for this? Elevate it?

[Jolly]

I'd squirrel the Norco away and use if I needed it.

Hope you're doing well, post-op. I guess today will be the toughest day, so take it easy.

[George K]

Woke Sat am at 3 to pee and pain. Tylenol fixed it. Negligible pain throughout the day yesterday. Last tylenol at 9PM yesterday - no pain this AM. Wound is a bit itchy, but that's it. Mild discomfort (swelling/stiffness) if I stretch the ring finger but that's it.

Seeing some videos on youtube makes me realize how lucky i was to find this surgeon. Tourniquet time was 10 minutes (it was released to close both wounds).

Itch is occasional. Not even mildly annoying.

My guy did my thumb this way, and you can see how quick it is.

It's really a "nothing" operation.

Link to video

[Copper]

How will you know when it is fixed?

[George K]

@Copper said in Triggered:

How will you know when it is fixed?

When it stops getting caught.