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From: danl on 15 Apr 2010 16:10
It's been 73 days since the thumb reconstruction surgery.

Shirley, a round for the patrons.

To recap, the joint pain was basically gone the day after the surgery.
The surgery pain was, for me intense. Lots of codeine made it semi
bearable. After 30 days the pin came out and the pain went way down
as I must have bent the pin during my sleep and it was pressing on a
nerve. Yer not supposed to feel pain when the pin is pulled...Ya
right!

The day after the pin was pulled I started therapy. Heat, stretching
and squeezing gently. Tested out at about 30% strength when compared
to the other hand. After the initial week I started to really push
the homework. After three weeks was at 50%+ strength so therapy
released me.

Since then I have been constantly squeezing a resistance device,
stretching the hand and bending the thumb. When I started I could
only get the tip of the thumb no closer then an 1 1/4" from the tip of
my little finger. Now I can, at the end of the day touch the two
together. Still working on that. Figure I am up to about 65%
strength now.

Riding in traffic is pretty tiring, but getting better. Highway is
pretty good.

All in all I would do it again just to get rid of the joint pain, even
if I didn't ride. Doc said the repair should last out my lifetime
without a problem.

Shirley! A round off the top shelf for those that wants one.

danl now if I could just get rid of this summer cold Slug #280
From: Bob La Londe on 16 Apr 2010 13:36
"danl" <daninxpasco(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
news:slres51iin67cd7metl0pji2uqj88e4736(a)4ax.com...
> It's been 73 days since the thumb reconstruction surgery.
>
> Shirley, a round for the patrons.
>
> To recap, the joint pain was basically gone the day after the surgery.
> The surgery pain was, for me intense. Lots of codeine made it semi
> bearable. After 30 days the pin came out and the pain went way down
> as I must have bent the pin during my sleep and it was pressing on a
> nerve. Yer not supposed to feel pain when the pin is pulled...Ya
> right!

Must have. I had two pins holding bones in my hand together to heal back in
2002. Was kinda weird to look at, but when the doc pulled the pins I just
felt a little pressure and very mild discomfort. No real pain, and I was
off all my pain meds by that time.

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