Thread: Nerve damage.

Not a good thing at all, sounds like you'll be out for a while, either extended rest or postoperative recovery.

( shoulda said you were going to Grafton, I could have given you a paying load down)

These sorts of injuries sneak up on you real fast. Something that seems so benign as an arm rest can do a lot of damage. Its not until something like this happens that you realize just how much everyday tasks that we take for granted are dependent on having all of our digits. Hope you can get it under control soon.

In my early working career I started off as a cadet cartographer so I spent a lot of time with my left elbow resting on an old fashioned inclined table top drafting board. Over a period of twelve months I developed a similar condition with bouts of excruciating pain in the left elbow and lower arm plus a lack of strength as you have experienced. Lucky it wasn't my drinking arm back then.

I've seen several weird injuries in others from poor posture while driving or as a passenger. I had a chainman that ended up having quite some time off work with a strangulated bowel all because he used to travel in the passenger seat with his boots off and feet up on the dash.

I know it's not the same, but I was involved in a car accident, breaking both legs, and ended up having a Fasciotomy on both my legs, slicing the nerves in my legs, resulting in constant pins and needles in my right foot. Still ongoing and this was 16 years ago, was told it would eventually go away. Trouble is they didn't say how long it would take.
Kryn

Richard thanks for this it sheds light on my own right hand grip its not just my usual problem with muscles.

I now feel even worse as I know the weight of the boxes etc you moved and stacked for Sue & I. I hope it is improving and you re back to turning and enjoyable things ASP (Note I didn't say work)

Ps did yo see news of plans for Ipswich Raceway

Wow that is pretty bad and caused by such a benign thing as an arm rest, designed for ergonomics!

I broke my wrist 14 years ago falling off a cliff ... I mostly manage it by not spending too much time on the computer, not going ten-pin bowling etc ... but now I've just had a baby and with holding her it's now made my previous r&r techniques inadequate

Well I got to see the Neurosurgeon yesterday and he showed me that the muscles in my hand have wasted away already and from his experience it won't fix itself, so booked in for the repair job today. Just hope it goes well as all the chainsaws are crying at present.
Rgds,
Crocy

Originally Posted by Old Croc

Well I got to see the Neurosurgeon yesterday and he showed me that the muscles in my hand have wasted away already and from his experience it won't fix itself, so booked in for the repair job today. Just hope it goes well as all the chainsaws are crying at present.
Rgds,
Crocy

Hope it all goes well Crocy. Do you want a visitor?

Anytime Moby.
Rgds,
Crocy.

So, how did the alarm clock take it?

Originally Posted by Cliff Rogers

So, how did the alarm clock take it?

It was OK, but I was more frightened than when I had a heart attack, the thought that I had had a stroke was real bad.

Originally Posted by Old Croc

It was OK, but I was more frightened than when I had a heart attack, the thought that I had had a stroke was real bad.

Being a long way from home makes it even worse. Many years back (before mobile phones) I was one of the invited guests and supposed to receive a prestegious surveying award when I had my first major vertigo / labyrinthitis episode.

Falling on a very cold floor at 5am in the morning and not knowing which way was up or down and feeling like I was on one of those gravitron machines while busting for a leak was not fun. I crawled on all fours, could have been backstroke for all I knew, to the dunny and then crawled up on to the seat then do the same all over again to get back to bed. Lots of weird thoughts go through your head while lying there head spinning for three hours untill staff manned the reception at the Bardon Conference Centre. A visit from a house call doctor at 10am, an injection then onto the main stage at 11.30am was not fun. Everyone reckoned I was keen to get my award, truth was I had to hang onto the speakers lectern or fall over!

I'm a little later to the party here but I certainly understand the problems of nerve/soft tissue related injuries caused by an accident at work in 2015. I've got a similar problem in my right hand (GP thinks de quervain's tenosynovitis) and can't risk using anything of the larger machinery simply because I don't have the hand strength to hold on to the piece or prevent it from spinning out. Makes learning the basics incredibly hard, so i'm stuck with smaller tools like Dremel to minimise harm and maximise safety. Not a great start to my career however the fiancé has been nice and helped me with my last few projects.

Really hope you got this issue sorted out.

Originally Posted by KittiePolar

I'm a little later to the party here but I certainly understand the problems of nerve/soft tissue related injuries caused by an accident at work in 2015. I've got a similar problem in my right hand (GP thinks de quervain's tenosynovitis) and can't risk using anything of the larger machinery simply because I don't have the hand strength to hold on to the piece or prevent it from spinning out. Makes learning the basics incredibly hard, so i'm stuck with smaller tools like Dremel to minimise harm and maximise safety. Not a great start to my career however the fiancé has been nice and helped me with my last few projects.

Really hope you got this issue sorted out.

Hi Kittie, the 1st thing I will say is, DON'T let your GP think it might be???? get an expert diagnosis.
For anyone else that has read this, Kitties reply is timely. I got the operation done, rehab has been long and I had my 6 month checkup last week. He is sort of happy with my progress but has warned me to give the manual milling machine away and buy one with power feeds. The continuous winding of the handles is not helping the nerves rubbing, so off to Hafco this Friday. $$$$$$$
Rgds,
Crocy.

Hi Old Croc,

I have the same thing as yourself. I had my Ulnar release 4 months ago and have just started to get some feeling back and a little more movement in my hand. How is your recovery going after 16 months? Did the muscle wasting stop?