Wrist Fusion Surgery - Marti

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Hi Marti,

Thanks very much for your kind thoughts. Sorry to hear you're facing

surgery yourself.

When I had my op they gave me a total numb block in my arm by an

injection in the armpit to help combat the pain afterwards. I was on

morphine for the first 24 hours and afterwards 2 Kapake (co-codamol)

every 4 hours. I found that after 4/5 days I could manage without

pain meds and get by with diclofenac only. It still hurts and aches

but I guess we're all used to a level of pain.

I saw the O.T today and things are looking good. I have some

exercises to do, hopefully resulting in my being able to make a fist.

The worse part of the experience so far has been the frustration of

not being able to do much. Whenever I had a bad day with my hands I

could always split between the two, it's very difficult with one

hand especially when that isn't very functional.

At the moment I would say I was only really bad for the first week.

Take Care

x