I'm kinda embarrassed here...got a lotta heart felt sympathy from my CBid brothers due to scheduled surgery...I appreciate all your kind thoughts...
I went to the hospital, went into pre-op and was dressed in a hospital gown, lying on the hospital bed, hooked to an IV...before the anesthesiologist arrived, my Orthopedic doctor who scheduled the surgery back in June, came in to see me.
She asked how I felt and what was going on with my wrist and thumb...I told her that after she injected the area with cortisone back in June, the wrist and thumb has felt better and the pain was minimal...that was the purpose of the cortisone...to reduce the pain until surgery...I told her I could now do most things with my left hand but it isn't as strong as before....I demonstrated the flexibility by touching the tip of the thumb to the tips of the other fingers, which I was unable to do back in June.
She looked pleased and said that although she enjoyed doing surgery and had a lot of experience doing the procedure, she said my wrist and thumb seem to be much improved since my visit in June. She poked and prodded and agreed that a bone spur at the base of the thumb, which was prominent then has disappeared. She said in rare instances the bone and cartilage improve and fuse, resulting in less pain and improved function...and this could be the case. She said there was no guarantee that surgery would make things better, and there was a risk that it would make things worse. Her best advice at this time, what she would tell me if I were a family member, was to postpone the surgery for a while. She said if I need the surgery down the road, she would be ready.
I agreed, got dressed and left the hospital...relieved and hopeful the wrist and thumb remain healthy and relatively pain free.
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