You may be wondering why the Duct Tape picture for this post? Well I never had any external stitches, only medical suture tape which always made me giggle. They always say you can fix ANYTHING with Duct Tape, and know now that it is true. Today was officially three weeks since I had my endoscopic [...]
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Today is officially six days since I had endoscopic carpel tunnel and cubital tunnel surgery on my right hand & arm. I went to my first physical therapy appointment since having surgery done. I met with kym who was very nice. She took off the gauze and replaced it with a snug fitting “sock” that [...]
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Okay yeah I am. I am afraid of going through with this, but I believe its what I need to do at this point. I have a lot of “what ifs”… I feel like a 40 year old with a childish level of paranoia. What if they open up my arm it’s like “Oops” we [...]
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The thought of surgery after only three weeks of physical therapy was difficult for me to accept. Durring my time in physical therapy I was given an ultrasound treatments to the elbow in both my left and right arm, a list of hand / arm exercises and stretches, I pretty much cut down my computer [...]
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I am a 40 year old female who has recently been diagnosed with CuTS (Cubital Tunnel Syndrome) and likely mild carpal tunnel in both right and left arms/hands. I have been working with computers for 12+ years and frequently had the sore hand or arm, but never anything quite like this. I have been working [...]
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