Hi Christine

I had a operation myself last year, they had to remove a disc in my spine that was trapping my sciatic nerve ... the longer you wait, the longer the recovery period .. I waited 10 months for my op (good old NHS in Britain eh) and I'm slowly getting the feelings back in my legs and toes, I still get pins n needles sensation, but it's a lot better than it was..
However, in your hand - where you don't have any weight baring on it, it feels like it's getting better, but as all nerves are, they inflame easily, as you are using your hands alot, and it has a weakness already there, and it's trapped.
If your doctor has expressed the need for surgery, and you are not too sure yourself, you could get a second opinion!
Good luck and take care.
Ginger

After a fall eight months ago out of a loft which resulted in gradual pain down my left arm to my hand ,I now have constant pain in fleshy part of hand by thumb , burning sensation , and the skin on the back of my hand feels sore. If I try to lift anything heavy ,the pain is severe.also the pain is also worse after a nights disturbed sleep. Had X rays on hand and shoulder,also MRI scan which showed nothing. had physio,

i got serve pain in my low back. last yr. they remove fragments of a disk and done decompress on L5 S1. now the pain is none stop. can anyone give me any answer to what may be goiing on?