Re: thumb fusions--Jo

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Thanks for letting me know how your thumb is doing, I've been

thinking about you and wondering how you were getting on. It's great

that you're pain has been reduced, it's a revelation to be able to

move your thumb without it popping out isn't it?! I hope your PT goes

well and I'm sure the movement will come in the PIP joint, mine it

now actually very hyper! I know exactly what you mean about the arm

muscle feeling sore, I had the same for a few weeks after coming out

of the cast - how long were you in cast by the way? I was in a total

of 12 weeks, with metal pins and then had to wear a rigid splint at

night for a further month.

Yes, I did find that my skin was quite red and sore for quite some

time after the surgery - it also felt kind of rubbery for a while

too. Maybe it is just a fusion thing as I've never had it with any of

my previous surgeries either! Hee-hee, just out of curiosity have you

noticed that your thumb looks shorter? Mine is about 2cm shorter than

the other one now, which keeps the local children amused for hours

trying to work out why!

Sure feel free to write to me off list anytime you want Darl, that

goes for anyone I'm a slave to my PC so I'm normally around! I

apologise for not having been here mush recently but I've been having

a bad EDS flare and ended up on strict bed rest to avoid my OS

whipping me into hospital for IV meds. I'm managing to get back on

line again more now though thankfully so hope to be around for people

if they need a hug! ;-)

Love and hugs to all......Jo

xxx

P.S. the website address for the photos is:

http://community.webshots.com/album/86649056kYGaxh I'm afraid I don't

have a shot of my post op thumb yet but will try and get that and a

few other pics up there in the next day or so for you. Take care and

I look forward to hearing from you.

[Guest guest]

Hi Jo!

Thanks for writing back so quickly.

It's great that you're pain has been reduced, it's a revelation to be able to

move your thumb without it popping out isn't it?!

It's so wonderful to be able to do *so* many things I haven't been able to do

for so long. It's been popping out for years that I didn't even think about not

being able to do so many things without it happening.

When I first did an isometic exercise to start building up the muscle in the

" fatty " part of the thumb base, it was like I'd opened a gift I'd wanted for a

long time. I was[and am] so thrilled! My hand surgeon gets a big smile on his

face when he sees how happy I am about having no pain in either the basilar or

the MCP joints. After checking the areas of both surgeries & moving them around

to checked for pain, etc, it seemed he can barely believe it. I didn't have any

pain 6 weeks after the basilar was done either. it seems one day it's hurting

off on on all day, (not bad pain) and the next I stop having any all together

and it stays that way. It's been like that for every single surgery I've had. I

let him know it hurt when it was bumped tho' <g>

I hope your PT goes

well and I'm sure the movement will come in the PIP joint, mine it

now actually very hyper! I know exactly what you mean about the arm

muscle feeling sore, I had the same for a few weeks after coming out

of the cast - how long were you in cast by the way? I was in a total

of 12 weeks, with metal pins and then had to wear a rigid splint at

night for a further month.

Yes, I did find that my skin was quite red and sore for quite some

time after the surgery - it also felt kind of rubbery for a while

too. Maybe it is just a fusion thing as I've never had it with any of

my previous surgeries either! Hee-hee, just out of curiosity have you

noticed that your thumb looks shorter? Mine is about 2cm shorter than

the other one now, which keeps the local children amused for hours

trying to work out why!

Sure feel free to write to me off list anytime you want Darl, that

goes for anyone I'm a slave to my PC so I'm normally around! I

apologise for not having been here mush recently but I've been having

a bad EDS flare and ended up on strict bed rest to avoid my OS

whipping me into hospital for IV meds. I'm managing to get back on

line again more now though thankfully so hope to be around for people

if they need a hug! ;-)

Love and hugs to all......Jo

xxx

P.S. the website address for the photos is:

http://community.webshots.com/album/86649056kYGaxh I'm afraid I don't

have a shot of my post op thumb yet but will try and get that and a

few other pics up there in the next day or so for you. Take care and

I look forward to hearing from you.

[Guest guest]

Any pictures of those excercises? I have some that I do daily; wondering if

they are the same ones...

On 12/21/03 11:53 AM, " ceda " <ceda > wrote:

> Re: Re: thumb fusions--Jo

>

> When I first did an isometic exercise to start building up the muscle in the

> " fatty " part of the thumb base, it was like I'd opened a gift I'd wanted for a

> long time.

[Guest guest]

I'd be interested to know what kind of PT you're doing for your thumb

too actually as I wasn't given a formal pyhsio referral following my

MCP fusion.I was just given a target of where I should be aining for

mobility wise and left to gradually regain strength and movement in

the remaining joints. I can now touch the base of my little finger

with the top of my thumb though, and my surgeon is amazed at how much

mobility I do still have largely due to the hyperflexion of the

basillar and PIP joints. I can actually bend my PIP joint past a 90

degree angle - I'll try and put a picture of that up on my photo

album soon along with my finger hypermobility.

Love and hugs....Jo

xx