Just learned something new. Thank you! :thumb:

A little over 3 weeks since surgery and so far no improvement yet in my fingers or palm.

The elbow has some isolated pain if I move into certain positions.

Swelling and fluid still at the inside of the elbow and bruises on the underside of my forearm and along the outside.

This is slow recovery. I hope it gets better cause this sucks.

I had ulnar nerve relocation and carpal tunnel release surgery last Friday. I must be lucky because I haven't had any pain either from the surgery or the problems before surgery. I have had some pretty intense burning in my elbow, other than the burning, I don't have much feeling in my elbow or fingers.

Lots of bruising, it still hurts like hell to grip anything. I got my cast off 4 days after surgery and I'm wearing a soft compression cast. No stitches either, they glued up my wrist and elbow. Only problem was that the glue wore off on the top part of my wrist and opened back up again. Doc just rubbed some bacitracin on it and slapped a bandaid on it and told me to not get it wet.

Damn, double surgery.

I felt with all the years of computer work and the way I cock my left wrist while holding and looking at my cell phone, that the Ulnar Nerve problem was at my wrist. The doctor was sure ot was the elbow and the EMG confirmed. They better have gotten it right.

I heard it could take as long as 6 months to recover.

2 months after surgery and little to no improvement. I hope this doc didn't **** up where the nerve was entrapped. I'll give it another 4-6 weeks to see if any nerve regeneration. Then on to plan B.

A lot is life style. Not sure why yours didn't work, but my right shoulder down to my fingers get tingly. It could be sleep position again or constantly using the mouse with my right hand, which I believe is the case this time. I raised the level of my chair so there is not as much pressure on my right shoulder. It has going on for about a month now.

Not sure if it is helping but at least trying something different. Try using your left hand to manipulate the mouse!!!!

I had a cadaver tendon shuttled into my right shoulder on March 21st and then ulnar nerve surgery 2 months later in May.

The way it was explained to me was the nerve was flapping across the end elbow bone so they slice your elbow open and tack it so it doesn't rub or flap. My test is a flat palm pushing against my thigh.

So far so good. Besides the incision being asscrack long.

They told me 6 months is really the limit point to see what happens. I had a ton of burning pain in the last 4-5 days. Today is not as bad. Every once in a while it feels like it is getting better but then it is not. I exercise and do all kinds of extensions, finger spreads, touching elbow back and forth.

I'm going to give it another 30 days and then I want another EMG.

I was minor numb for 1- 1 1/2 months, then totally numb for about 2 1/2 months leading into surgery.

Hope I am just being a nervous Nelly. :shrug:

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-...s/syc-20371151

Anecdotally, this is most common in menopausal women.

Good luck!

I bet that is what I have. Menopause I mean. I've been chat gpeeing any questions I have between Dr visits so I'll see what it says about maybe adding some midol.

I haven't gotten my period so you may be right! :D

lil momma had the ulna bone grow too long in both wrists. She had 4 procedures on both wrists. They had to cut out a section of those bones and put a plate in both. They needed to address wrist impingement in both and carpal tunnel. They also had to adjust ulnar nerve. After all that the bone didn't take so they had to do a bone graph. Wrist are no joke man. She thinks it's her job to manage Travis and myself now and that's not working out at all. Hopefully rehab can start in a month and then back to work soon.

You just scared the hell out of me! :eek:

2 1/2 months since surgery and almost no improvement.

I'll keep being optimistic but this sucks!

This has been a big fail after 4 months.......:doh!:

You gonna keep bumping your threads??

I Belize so