[Magdalen] Post-surgery update, chapter 2

[Jay Weigel]

As far as the TENS unit, Molly, she said to ask the hand therapist.

On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 12:45 PM, Molly Wolf <lupa at kos.net> wrote:

> Owwie... would TENS help with the pain?
>
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> > On Jan 18, 2018, at 12:34 PM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com>
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> >
> > What Lynn said....(((Jay))).
> >
> > So sorry.
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> > On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 12:03 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
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> >
> >> ((((Jay))))
> >> Lynn
> >>
> >> On Jan 18, 2018, at 10:58 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> So I saw the surgeon yesterday for a post-op check, 2 weeks after
> getting
> >> the splint/cast off. I have been doing okay insofar as movement in the
> >> wrist and fingers, but pain continues to be a problem. Not normal kid of
> >> achy, yucky pin, but pain similar to a horrible burn that wakes me up at
> >> night and gets worse all day. She explained that the cyst/tumor had
> wrapped
> >> itself completely around my ulnar nerve for about 2,5 inches (5.5. cm)
> from
> >> my wrist clear up into my hand, and she had to move the nerve around a
> good
> >> bit to get it all so it wouldn't come back. That irritated the nerve
> and as
> >> she said, "It's still pi**ed off." We had a good laugh over that and
> then
> >> she made some recommendations, including medication adjustments and a
> hand
> >> therapist. Also, I am not allowed to drive any long distances until
> this is
> >> under control, because hanging onto the steering wheel will irritate the
> >> nerve further. So the visit to my daughter and the RAM clinic in
> Tennessee
> >> at the end of this month are out, which really made me cry after the
> visit.
> >> Daughter was wonderful about it, as was #1 grandson's mom, who I still
> >> think of as my daughter-in-law. I really had to miss the RAM clinic,
> >> though. That was one I especially want to do.
> >>
>
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