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18th July 2016, 12:55 PM #1GOLD MEMBER
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Nerve damage.
Quite a while ago Grumpy John posted somewhere about not hitting anything with the palm of your hand. I took his advice and use a softfaced hammer on all my camlocks now.
My story is to warn forumites about how my injury happened. About 1 month ago I did my annual trip to Grafton to get timber, about 2 days drive from up here, same truck. All went well, loaded and headed back north to get another log the next morning, so overnighted in Ballina, alarm clock went off and I dropped it, picked it up off the floor and dropped it again. It was then I realised I could not feel my right hand. Found a doctor at 7am and he told me I had aggravated the Ulnar Nerve in my elbow and he checked my truck and said it was from resting my right elbow on the little ridge around the fingergrip on the armrest.
Well after 2 visits to a Neurologist, multiple Physiotherapy sessions I still have no feeling in my ring and little fingers and no strength at all in my hand. It is called "Entrapment of the Ulnar Nerve" Look it up if you want to, quite interesting. Next stop is to the Neurosurgeon.
Looking back on it, I can't remember doing it but believe me the after effect's are pretty horrible and how easily it happened, so I hope this is a warning to others.
rgds,
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18th July 2016, 09:20 PM #2GOLD MEMBER
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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)
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18th July 2016, 11:33 PM #3
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.Mobyturns
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20th July 2016, 12:27 AM #4GOLD MEMBER
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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.
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20th July 2016, 09:46 AM #5
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
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20th July 2016, 12:51 PM #6
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
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9th August 2016, 09:56 PM #7GOLD MEMBER
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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
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10th August 2016, 08:45 PM #9GOLD MEMBER
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Anytime Moby.
Rgds,
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10th August 2016, 09:19 PM #10
So, how did the alarm clock take it?
Cliff.
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10th August 2016, 09:46 PM #11GOLD MEMBER
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10th August 2016, 11:05 PM #12
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!Mobyturns
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24th April 2017, 04:41 PM #13New Member
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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.
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24th April 2017, 08:48 PM #14GOLD MEMBER
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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,
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13th December 2017, 11:01 PM #15New Member
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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?
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