steriod injections

I have suffered from CTS for over 20 years although not badly at first.I attended the clinic at Kent and Canterbury in September and was given wrist splints, I have used these each night and have found them 75% usefull.
On the 3rd of November I had steriod injection in both wrists with little pain,just a dull ache for most of the day.That night I still used my wrist splints and had no pain in my hands at all ( my first full night sleep).

Need advice on whether to get surgery with my unusual circumstances...

Hi there-

My hand issues started 10 years ago, when I awoke with stiff, painful hands and pure exhaustion. I discovered that night splints really help to improve my sleep and make the hand pain minimal, although they are weak throughout the day. Neurontin has further help improve my sleep but for all this time, I never have had a diagnosis until 3 weeks ago. I've had 5 negative EMGs over the last several years but a new doc decided to do a ultrasound and both the radiologist and neurosurgeon both diagnosed it as bilateral carpal tunnel after seeing the images. Whew!

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