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Q: severe pain in hand but no surgery

asked by: PixieKat on January 25th, 2008

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My mom got carpal tunnel from working as a lunch lady, they sent her to the dr's and after many appointments they gave her a shot of cortazone (sp?) and it helped alot. Well we figuared they could just keep giving her the shots because it helped.. but when we went in the dr said it was a one time only thing and the next thing he would do is sugery. So he set her up for a test to show she had carpal tunnel. Well when he was explaining it to us he said she has weird nurves, and the test couldnt prove she had, or didnt have it.. He said he was 80% sure she had carple tunnel and the surgery would help.

So he let us go home and think about it for a while. She decided she wanted it, because her hand hurt so bad, and she cant do really anything with them now. When we called back and tould them, they had said that because the test didnt prove she had it, they wont do the surgery...
Its so hard seeing her in so much pain, she doesnt do alot of the things she used to and it gets her realy down.

Does anyone have anysugestions? Maybe another way to prove she has it?
Thanks for any help you can give me.

Replies(4)

shepheard

replied on January 30th, 2008

New User

just a thought....

I can understand the pain your mother is going through.... I have Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in both hands for 16 weeks and recently was told I have tarsal tunnel in my feet. Just a thought but maybe the injection was too close to the time of the EMG test for accurate results. Do some research and find the best orthopedic, hand surgeon near you to better advise you what to do. I've been on meds, wrist braces, laid off work, and injections over the coarse of 16 weeks and my surgeon said still wait another 3 months for another check up to see how I'm doing.... They wait as long as possible and last resort for surgery because it's only 60-75% chance of success and might even make thing worse.
I know it's not much but I hope it helps.

PS. my doc told me they can do cortisone injections once every 3 months (not just a one time thing) so also check on that too!

leewiz

replied on January 30th, 2008

Experienced User

Is she seeing a neurologist?

She can always seek a second opinion from another doctor!

PixieKat

replied on January 30th, 2008

Experienced User

She could only go to the dr the workers comp would pay for, she went to alot of diffrent ones though, and she has seen a neurologist.

We were thinking that it was the shot that made her results come back wrong. because he did the test shortly after he gave her the shot, maybe a couple weeks after. We tould him thats what we thought it was, and that she should get tested agian but he didnt think that was it.

She's had the braces, and had to quit her job because of it, they were paying for the dr visits until the dr said he couldnt do the surgery because of the test results, and they just gave up on her!

Maybe i can find another dr that will do the corisone injections more than once, i think if it helps than why not do it. its better than surgery. Im not to fond of her dr, he just didnt seem to care alot.

Thank you for your reply, ill talk to my mom about it.

ReggieFontaine

replied on June 6th, 2008

New User

Hi,
sorry to hear about your mother but have you thought about joint supplements that will promote joint permeability and support. My mother had something similar, her hand would cramp up sometimes and really hurt. I researched the internet and found Micosamine, some supplement made from dehydrated cows milk.

Here are some studies in case you were interested.

Hope this helps Smile

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Zenk JL, Helmer TR, Kuskowski MA. (2002) The effects of milk protein concentrate on the symptoms of osteoarthritis in adults: an exploratory, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Cur Ther Res 63(7):430-442

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