"Christina Websell" wrote in message
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Unlike last week. We discussed the injury I got and I learned a lot about
what muscles cannot work in my hand due to the nerve damage in my neck.
As I suspected, there is nothing that physiotherapy can do unless the nerves
grow back, which can take two years (or might never do)
So next week I'm seeing the occupational therapists for a splint to keep my
little finger strapped to the ring finger because if I don't I keep injuring
it (it is numb) but so is the ring finger, and half my palm. Plus I have
almost no pincer grip, but hey I survived the operation.
The physio I saw today knows my surgeon well and she said "did he tell you
that you might die if he did the operation if not you might be paralysed for
life?"
He probably did but I was on morphine at the time so I agreed.
It worked! in that I didn't die but it's still too painful to do as much as
I want to to get back to normal. I can't use my right hand properly and I
am right-handed.
For those right-handed people, now wipe your bum with your left hand.

I probably won't get "normal" again and I am sick of being a Pollyanna about
it.

If only I hadn't fallen down my stairs, but as the physio said today "I
can't alter that and we have to work with what you have."
Sometimes, ..you could purely kill them.
Tweed

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This is really frightening. I wish I could say something to help, but I
know words cannot bring the help you need. I do hope your doctors and
therapists are able to give you as much help and support as possible...and I
send my best wishes across the pond to you. Hug Boyfie and let him know how
much he is loved and how lucky he is to have his meowmie.

MaryL