Update on wrist

[Guest guest]

The visit to the Dr. was interesting. I received a shot of steroids in the

tendons for the tendenitis. But when injected the needle with steroids into the

wrist for the numbness, I actually came off the chair and half way across the

table with my other hand in a fist. He looked at me as I said, just do it

through gritted teeth.

At that point he withdrew the needle and asked what was going on inside my

wrist. I said it felt like a bolt of hot lighting shooting through and going

out the tips of my fingers. He said that the nerve that is restricted and

causing the numbness has shifted a great deal and that the needle was very very

close to the nerve.

So he moved the injection over a bit and all was fine then. If this helps then

I will have the surgery to correct the numbness and the carpel tunnel which

should straighten the fingers. If it does not help, he will NOT do surgery,

because he feels that it would not work. So we are giving this a few weeks to

see what happens.

Good news is the two bones that were fractured have healed great.

Elaine in Michigan