"MaryL" wrote in message
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"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



Boyfie doesn't like hugs (even from me) so I gave him a nice skritching from
you instead until he purred like crazy.
It would be a disaster for him if anything happened to me on a permanent
basis because he is so shy and timid with everyone else; and it literally
took many years to get him where he is with me which is very confident. He
waits for me so faithfully for weeks in an empty house when I am in
hospital, letting himself be fed by people he kind of knows but will never
trust. He knows I love him and he loves me - I think I'm the only girl for
him;-)

I'm seeing the OT on Friday to explain the difficulties with my right hand
function and hopefully get some thingies that will help. OT's have lots of
of "thingies"
I particularly need something that will tie my little finger to my ring
finger to stop me hurting it all the time as it's completely numb and
useless and gets itself into real trouble. Also help with controlling a
knife (as when eating with a knife and fork simultaneously, which is how I
like to eat, being a Brit! I haven't been out for a meal since my accident
because of it. I can't control a knife or cut my food without my index
finger working properly.
There's all sort of special equipment I am sure, which I find out about on
Friday.