Surgery sucks-- I'm home.

[PURE EXTRACT]

Feel better Raina! You'll be fine, just take this time to relax.

 

[Stan O'Zolol]

If you need any help masturbating let me know.

(Sorry, everyone was just being too serious on this thread).

 

[Latamier]

Sounds like your surgeon is'nt to sure about what he is doing if he couldnt find the cyst after it broke. Volar ganglions are easy to find, especially if they are located near a tendon. We operate on people for ganglions all the time, and wether they break or are in tact when we open you up, we always find them. If it does come back, maybe you'll get lucky and it will not, I would definately go see another Dr. for a second opinion first. Seriously, this should not have happened. Your Dr. should have marked your wrist before anesthesia ever gave you your bier block. Drop me a line if you have any more questions, or post op problems.

 

[Sexual Mustard]

 

[Latamier]

Also Raina, they can still use the same kind of block next time as they did this time. It is called a BIER block. Sounds like Beer block. The reason they push the blood out of your hand is so they can inject the xylocaine into your arm, filling your veins, and in turn numbing your entire arm from the tourniquit down to your fingers. There should really be no reason they could'nt use the same kind of block the second time. If your Dr did it right the first time there would not be a second time.

 

[Raina]

It was totally visible pre surgery but for the weeks prior it varied greatly in size-- like from being 1/3 the size of a gold ball to being almost flat in 24 hours. It was WEIRD. It wasn't too big when I got this done. My wrist was marked. They cut right where it was. Right over the tendon. I'm going in to talk with him this week. He did this same procedure on my mom and it was all great. I didn't get to talk to him much afterwards because I was all sorts of screwed up. We shall see.

Just got home from doing an hour of cardio. Trying not to take my pain pills so I can drive.

 

[satanic goatslayer]

Don't get addicted to painkillers.

Alcohol works better.

 

[big4life]

When I had carpel tunnel surgery done on both wrists, the main thing that I learned was to not let the pain even start. The doctor told me to take my pain pills before it starts to hurt. I didn't listen after the first surgery, I did after the second.

Good luck to you, and I hope it doesn't hurt too much.

 

[Raina]

I like pain pills and they help me-- but they mess me up because I'm sensitive to meds....that doesn't mesh well with my life so I try not to take them. I'll tough it out as much as possible.

 

[Stan O'Zolol]

Stay away from the size robbing medications...like coritsone.