Pain

I had op on Friday last week but my hand is more painful as the days go by, I thought it would start feeling a bit better by now. Is this normal?

Regards vicky

Enquiry reference Hand splints

Hi Dr Bland
I came to your clinic on 8th October and you gave me a diagnosis, I am level 3 in both hands. I was fitted for splints to wear at night. I have been doing this but unfortunately i cant continue on the right hand as i have been waking just after a couple of hours and my fingers are swollen and the pain is unbearable, it takes me ages to get the feeling back and its very painful whilst it is coming round. What would you suggest and this is making my hand worse.
Look forward to your response
Regards
Rachel Robinson

What next

HAD my nerve tests done today and no cts was diagnosed which I am happy with,but I still have no diagnosis to my symptoms so what happens next.
The very nice nurse said that the results would go to my G.P. so can I assume I just have live with it or will I be put through other types of tests to hopefully find what's going on .

Regards

Lezza

Post op

Had surgery yesterday but today I have got tingling and numbness in some of my fingers. Is this normal until have healed properly as I thought that after surgery all the symptoms would go?

Regards

Vicky

no improvment!

Had both hands injected 3 weeks ago with no improvement :(

The left hand seems to be getting worse

Surgery

Had surgery today and it went really well, felt nothing during the surgery, in a bit of pain now, mainly top of arm, spreading upto shoulder, don't know if this is normal or not? Feel very nauseous this evening, don't know if it's from the local anaesthetic or not? Or whether it's just a coincidence or not.

Regards Vicky

Next Stage? Anna Witham

I had the cortisone injection a few weeks ago and it was helpful but in the last few days all the night time symptoms have returned even though i have gone back to using the splint. When I saw you last in August you said the condition had worsened and I would need surgery; as I understood it then the injection was for temporary relief. What should I do now? The pain is pretty grim and my GP has prescribed gabapentin. Anna Witham

Relapse after injection

Dear Dr Bland I had my first injection for Right hand CTS on 22nd July 2013. It helpd a lot for a while but the night pain has returned and is now considerable. I am back using the splint at night and taking pain killers which are not at all effective. When I saw you prior to the injection you said we shoud consider surgery as the nerve conduction test had shown a decrease in function. Can you put me on the waiting list now or do I need to come and see you again before that? Anna Witham d.o.b. 27 06 38

Splints

Can someone please tell me where I can get a spare pair of splints? I have one for each hand already but when I hand wash them they take ages to dry so an without them for a couple of days.

Regards

Vicky

Update on symptoms and repeat question

On 20/09 I posted, as requested, an update as to how I was getting on with my splints you gave me. I said then that in spite of difficulty in sleeping with them, they did seem to help the night-time symptoms, but I continue to have a problem with numbness and tingling during the day. I asked if it were possible that the thumb spica splints I wear due to severe osteoarthritis of both thumbs were causing these daytime problems.