I had trigger thumb release surgery. The recovery was not bad at all, but mine wasn't on my dominant hand. Congrats also on getting SSD approval. I remember the relief I had when I was approved.

Best to you,

Marianne

for the info. I am just wondering if I will have any use of my right hand after surgery at all. I am extremely relieved that I was approved but it is a little emotional facing the fact that you really are disabled.

I had a friend who had this surgery several years ago. It was in and out, but no, he didn't use his hand for several weeks. While it wasn't his dominant hand, he's a violinist with the symphony, teacher, and at the time was the youth orchestra conductor as well. His fear that he would never be able to play again took over his life for those weeks, because after all when you're a fiddle player, your left hand does the complicated work.

He called me the day he tried playing for the first time to play for me over the phone, in tears, because his hand was fine.

The only recommendation I can add is to confirm that you've got a hand specialist doing your surgery rather than an orthopod.

Best of luck,

TitanNeck

Oh yes. I am very well versed in having the right doc do surgery. I have the best hand surgeon in my area. This has been confirmed to me by several of my docs. I know that it will be hard to lose the use of my predominant hand but it is to the point that I can't put it off any longer. Thanks for the info.

Howdy JJ,

When My Ulnar was transposed they also released my Ulnar in my Guyon's Canal, and released my pinkie and ring fingers due to extreme clawing. I am left handed - this all occurred in my right hand/arm. I was able to type in 2 days! Other than really light actions, it was about 4 weeks before my fingers were "okay" to really use without much discomfort. Hope that helps. The pain by the way were they released them? Not bad at all - more of a sore feeling really then "pain." Take care!!!

Brenda