My body continues to play tricks with me. For about a week
and a half my hand was feeling some fairly intense sensations from all of the
nerve damage. It varied from “pins and needles” type of stuff to some pretty
uncomfortable pain. If that weren’t enough, I seem to be developing a trigger
finger (stenosing tenosynovitis) with my index finger. Yeah, fun. I started to
feel it about a month ago, but it’s gotten worse within the last two weeks. My
original orthopedic surgeon had told me long ago that he did some work with a
tendon (or tendons, I can’t remember which) during the original surgery in the hospital.
Now it seems that something has gone wrong with a tendon in that same area of my
hand. It doesn’t really hurt right now, but I know that it will get to a point
where it's a hindrance to me. I know this because I had a trigger finger on the same hand's middle finger when I was younger and I wound up needing corrective surgery to get it fixed.
At present time it isn’t worth the trouble yet.
So, with all of this fun stuff going on I started an
internet search for a hand specialist. Yeah, me, the anti-surgery guy. However,
after a few days of this more intense discomfort the nerve pains went back to
their normal level. You know, the seven and a half years of daily annoyance
level.
Now, I’m not even thinking about granting the funds for another
surgeon’s island getaway vacation. I just feel a little foolish because I’ve
been through this type of thing many times since the accident. Pain exists daily
on a “normal” level, pain intensifies, and pain goes back to the normal level. Repeat.
My body messed with my mind again at a time when
I should have known better, and I feel a little dumb for being so impatient.
The past years have taught me to wait for changes to subside, but I sort of lost
my perspective this time. I really should have known better.
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