Symptoms returned ... but different

I was treated for carpal tunnel at Canterbury last summer, by injection in each wrist. The improvement was rapid - the symptoms disappeared completely - and lasted until a month ago. I helped a friend with a day's gardening which included a stint of moving grow bags full of damp compost. I lifted them by gripping the edges, which had begun to cause me discomfort in my left hand before I stopped. Since then, pain in my left hand has woken me most mornings at between 4.00 and 4.30 am. A single ibuprofen seems to give some relief.

Ulnar nerve

Hi dr bland

Thank you for seeing me this morning even if it wasn't good news!!! But I just wanted to ask what the waiting time is likely to be?

Regards

Vicky Bookless

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My CTS in my right hand is causing me severe pain and has been since Tuesday of last week and not sure what to do next, everything that I do is severely restricted and I am limited to how much I can do at any one time...
I have accommodated for this so I don't over do things and at night I take a low dosage Ibuprofen tablet so as to get a reasonable nights sleep....
Not sure what my next move should be and is worth having another steroid injection?

Kind Regards

Christine Griffin.

treatment decision

Hello Dr Bland

Thank you for seeing me yesterday,

After thinking about it I have decided to go ahead with the surgery. Please can you arrange for me to go to
Herne Bay

Many thanks

Beverley .

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Hello Dr Bland

I first visited your clinic March 2013 and after a few visits we decided to refer me to Dr Jolyon Miles for steriod injection. I had one of these in July 2013. i recieved a follow up call to see how my hand was recovering I explianed that it seemed no different than before the injection, he continued to ask me a few questions and then decided I needed no further treatment. At that point I decided to leave it. This past week my right hand thumb seems to be continuosly feeling numb and tingling please could you advise me what I should do as it is quite uncomfortable.

RIGHT HAND CTS

Morning Dr Bland.
My left hand is perfect after the surgery in November :) A bit tender on the scar area, but absolutely no numbness or CTS pain! But, my right hand has become very numb and painful again .... may I please pop in for an injection? I'd love to canvas your thoughts on surgery on my right hand, perhaps after vineyard harvest time? (Late October). Kind regards, Lorna

steroid injection update

The injections lasted a couple of months, my right hand is worse then the left and so far not as bad as before but it is starting to get stronger again

update

Hi JB
Had a massage from secratary at queens hospital, have a appointment for tuesday at 1-45pm.
Do you think he will disguss both hands or not.

Neck and Shoulder pain

Hello, I'm due to have surgery on my left hand in a couple of weeks. The pain and numbness has got progressively worse very quickly. I wear a split at night however i still wake up with pain / tingling / burning. Last night was particularly bad and today my shoulder, elbow and neck ache. I also have pain and tingling in my thumb and hand which is quite unusual through the day. Is it normal to have this pain in neck, shoulder and elbow with CT? - Sarah

Pain and numbness

I have got really bad numbness in my little finger and the finger next to it on both hands, it's getting that bad that I keep dropping things and cannot grip things.

I have had both hands operated on for carpal tunnel syndrome.

Advice please

Vicky