What is Hand Foot Abnormalities
The spectrum of congenital upper extremity deformities include a variety of defects or anomalies ranging from the partial duplication of a single digit or thumb, to the complete ab...
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I was right handed until redently, when a joint problem, combined with breaking my hand made it quite painful to use it. I've been trying physical therapy and wearing a brace for a year now, but there has been little improvement.
There is a surgery that the doctors think could fix it, but it is really expensive, and I'm scared. What do you think that I should do? Posted on 06/13/07, 05:06 pm |
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well you said your not getting anywhere with what your doing now...so maybe surgery is worth trying. it might be expensive but would you rather be pain for the rest of your life?!? and you don't have to be scared...i had surgery on my left hand this past october, and all went fine...i have to have another surgery next october...but it only took like 2 months for me to recover and i will be playing volleyball this fall...so i'd say its worth doing! 
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Thanks. I'm just worried that we won't be able to afford it.
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Definitely research the procedure, as well as ask your doctor for ALL POSSIBLE DOWN SIDES to the surgery.
(I had "simple" bunionectomies 6 years ago, as my doctor put it, and didn't even think anything could go wrong. He said, "Oh, we can fix that!" Anyway, I never walked normally afterward, lost my job, house, even now my pets, and am in a power chair with extreme nerve pain and cannot walk at all). That one "little" decision totally changed my life. Ask how many of those same procedures your doctor has done. Ask if ANY of those outcomes had a negative outcome. Go to a second doctor (try to go to someone really good) - ask around, and GET A SECOND opinion. A costly surgery isn't necessarily the best answer, even if it were for FREE it's not the best answer. Surgery is a FINAL decision and cannot be changed back once you make it. What exactly is the procedure, if I may ask?
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