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Hey guys and gals,
I'm desperately looking for any kind of advice from experience that this community may have. I'm hoping someone out there's gone through this.
My wife was diagnosed with a radial nerve entrapment, which runs down the arm, across the elbow and down the forearm. She's an art teacher so use of her hands is important, which is limited by this nerve issue. It causes her pain and weakness. It occurred after using one of those industrial staple guns to hang an entire school's worth of artwork...hundreds of pieces. It's primarilly in her dominant hand, but she has it to a lesser degree in her non dominant hand.
After 3 years of her being in pain, going through rehab and using nerve medication to manage the pain we've finally come to the conclusion that surgery is the only way to fix it. Of course, the doctors give no guarantees but there are risks. The surgery involves a 6" incision down from the forearm to just above the elbow where an additional incision in the muscles will free up space for the nerve. It will involve a couple of months in rehab. I fear going in there and making it worse, especially because we're dealing with nerves.
Has anyone any experience with this kind of surgery and if so, how did it work out for you? Was it worth it?
Thanks, much appreciated because this is an extremely stressful decision. You can only get so much info from the doctors. I want to find somone who's had it done if possible.
I'm desperately looking for any kind of advice from experience that this community may have. I'm hoping someone out there's gone through this.
My wife was diagnosed with a radial nerve entrapment, which runs down the arm, across the elbow and down the forearm. She's an art teacher so use of her hands is important, which is limited by this nerve issue. It causes her pain and weakness. It occurred after using one of those industrial staple guns to hang an entire school's worth of artwork...hundreds of pieces. It's primarilly in her dominant hand, but she has it to a lesser degree in her non dominant hand.
After 3 years of her being in pain, going through rehab and using nerve medication to manage the pain we've finally come to the conclusion that surgery is the only way to fix it. Of course, the doctors give no guarantees but there are risks. The surgery involves a 6" incision down from the forearm to just above the elbow where an additional incision in the muscles will free up space for the nerve. It will involve a couple of months in rehab. I fear going in there and making it worse, especially because we're dealing with nerves.
Has anyone any experience with this kind of surgery and if so, how did it work out for you? Was it worth it?
Thanks, much appreciated because this is an extremely stressful decision. You can only get so much info from the doctors. I want to find somone who's had it done if possible.
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