Re: major pain - help for carpal tunnel syndrome

[Guest guest]

Since I spent years as a computer software developer, my diagnosis of carpal

tunnel was no surprise. I tried splints which helped but was not enough for the

right hand so I had surgery for it in 2002. A couple of years ago, the symptoms

came back along with significant pain in my thumb because of arthritis and I

resumed the splint which was still not enough. I bought a trackball to replace

my computer mouse and it has made a huge difference. It has eliminated the pain

from both the carpal tunnel and the thumb arthritis! I was told I would have to

have the thumb joint reconstructed soon but I believe I will be able to put it

off for many years thanks to a trackball that cost less than $30 + the use of

speech-to-text software!

HTH

Margie