CTS or trigger finger

Hello, I hope I have found the right place to communicate with you! I wrote to you yesterday on another CTS forum and you asked me to move over to your clinic website forum, I hope this is the correct place to be.

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Hi Dr Bland,
Been a while now....but symptoms are returning with a vengeance in my right hand...usual stuff...pins and needles and numbness with pain during night and now starting whilst driving. Guessing it's time to re-test and look at steroid injection again? Thought last one had cured it.......

FAO Dr Bland

Dr Bland,
Since my consultation with you on 22nd July I have noticed increased numbness in both hands. I would like, if possible, to have a retest and discuss the possibility of steroid injection mentioned.
Many thanks,
Christine Cook.

Injection update

Hello Dr Bland!

I had my injection in my right hand, 23 May.... It took the discomfort and numbness away, however this has started to return over the last week. This coincided with me doing DIY. I have started to sleep in my splint again, however I is not getting rid of the pain in my fingers or numbness during the night. Is there anything else I can do?

Thanks
Amy

Possible post op complications

I had surgery on my right hand end of last July so about a year ago. It has been brilliant. No numbness ir problems so completely successful.
However in about the last 6 weeks I have noticed that my right thumb is sore and keeps getting stuck or refuses to bend. It is very painful to bend it and ditto back straight again and clicks. This seems to have got worse in the last couple of weeks. I am
Having trouble using it and gripping so becoming s real problem.
Is this a possible connection to the surgery and should I contact the clinic for an appointment it see my own go?

Referral question

Dear Dr Bland I was advised to contact you via this forum by my rheumatology nurse specialist - Jackie Smith. I am suffering severly from carpal tunnel bilaterally. I have nerve conduction tests with the results registering 5 in the left 3/4 in the right. My GP has referred me to the Carpal Tunnel service but I have not yet heard anything. I work in the hospital trust in the Vascular Dept as as Nurse Specialist. I am struggling to maintain full clinical activity due to the pain in my hands....at times my fingers are numb so finding and palpating distal pulses is proving a little tricky!

Post surgery

Was just wondering how long after surgery can it take for the hand to fully heal.

My CTS

The treatment for my Carpal-Tunnel seems to have worked.

Please help

Hello Dr bland, my email to your department was rejected so I hope this reaches you. I have already visited your clinic twice and have had 2 injections, which were successful for approx 1 year. The last injection was some 18 months ago but I have had discomfort now for approx 4 months. The tingling in my right hand is now severe, both night and day, with the left being less so. Can you advise next step I should take please. Thanks

Results of refferal

Hello dr Bland, I saw dr Khan at QEQM yesterday. He confirmed that I have Ostio arthritis and not rheumatoid arthritis and suggested that I should continue with the carpel tunnel treatment followed by physio therapy for the arthritis. What do you think?
Regards Anita Kelly