Anyone ever had your arm numbed for surgery???

[Little Ameraucana Mom]

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Yes it was

 

[Little Ameraucana Mom]

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That would be awful!!

 

[calicokat]

THat's where DH had his too. His Dr. was young, and we laughed that he would look more at home with an electric guitar around his neck, than a stethescope! He did good work though.

Did you get the whole "Frankenstien" arm thingy yet? It is pulleys and wheels, that keep your fingers in position to stretch the "new" tendons - the kids thought it was way freaky!! (would have been great for Halloween, LOL)

 

[noodleroo]

It's awful. I had surgery on my wrist several times to fix it (never did) and I swear I thought they put boiling water in my vein to deaden it! Better than being put all the way out, though. When the feeling came back, I thought I was dieing the first time. By the last surgery, the nerve was so damaged it didn't even hurt. Go figure...

 

[Little Ameraucana Mom]

right now mine is bandaged, but it is huge, they sure like to use alot of wrapping. Before I had a brace, I just got it off alittle more then a month ago,and now I'm back to the beginning !! I think I have to go to another brace again. I think alot of it depends on your doctor they all do thing differently I have Dr. Kaplan

 

[Flippacase]

I had surgery on my elbow last april. They numbed my entire arm and I thought it was the coolest thing ever!!!!
He told me to make sure it stayed in the sling because if it swung out and hit a door jam, he said I could actually break my hand, and not even know it for 48 hours!!!! I also experienced the "ghost itch" , similar to amputees who feel an itch or pain, but can't scratch it.

 

[Little Ameraucana Mom]

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I can believe that, I hit my elbow on the door and didn't feel a thing !!! It is stll numb, but at least I'm feeling no pain. YET!!

 

[Little Ameraucana Mom]

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So how is your wrist now???

 

[Dunkopf]

I would suggest that you load up one the pain pills right now. Take 2 every 4 hours or whatever the max dose is. When that nerve block wears of you will have a hard time knocking the pain down unless you have some pain killers on board already. Been there done that.

 

[chickensducks&agoose]

did you get most/all of your fingers stuck back on?