Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

[darrsi]

Another set of cortisone injections day before yesterday, into the right hand thumb base and first two finger knuckles. They wouldn't do the left at the same time, and on reflection, I think that was a good decision. Thats two lots already this year.  I raised the prospect  of having the finger joints replaced, as the private consultant I saw in April suggested it may be a good move for me and he seemed quite positive about the prospects. But Tuesdays consultant came over with the opposite view, suggesting that they are not as successful as a longer term solution. So I guess I'm just going to have to manage my activities better

11 months after my incident and injuries in mid October '23, and also after a lot of phone calls and making myself heard in all the right places, i was invited by the DVLA to have a medical examination last week which i jumped at to try and get my licence returned to me.
I'm by no means 100% right yet, because after a days work i can still ache in places i never even knew existed, but fortunately my workplace have got me back on part time still for another month yet where i only do 3 days a week and basically have a day off to recover from every working day that i do.
For the injuries i had it has not only been a necessity but is a great way of nursing the body back to health gradually. In fact i had to take Wednesday off due to not feeling too good, but passed a Covid test and offered to replace the day off by working 2 in a row instead. As i'm writing this i am suffering quite a bit as it did knock the shit out of me, even more so as i have a very busy job that involves lots of walking, lifting and is mentally challenging too especially as we are very busy right now. 
The "examination" was a bit bizarre if truth be told! I deliberately got up around 3hrs early before the appointment, just so i could eat properly, do some physio on my nerve damaged hand to loosen up the muscles as much as i could, and take the meds i'm on at the correct time for them to kick in around the same time i was being assessed. 
But all i did was sit down, have a pleasant chit chit about nothing really, while the doctor filled in a questionnaire by ticking boxes, then after what seemed like about 15mins we went to the reception waiting area, where she handed over the signed form then she just walked off!
Call me old fashioned but i was waiting for a "goodbye" so i could then at least say "thank you", but she was off and gone in silence.

The senior receptionist walked over to presumably a new member of staff and mentioned to not forget to get the payment from me (£100) for services rendered.
As i stood there with my payment card at the ready she looked over her shoulder reading the form then spotted that it said "no payment necessary".   

Anyway, moving on, i'm expecting my licence back in 'roughly' 6 to 8 weeks at a guess, but really don't know when exactly.

This little extra time will give me a chance to do more physio on the hand as although what i'm doing is certainly working i was not quite convinced because my little finger seems to have opted out of being a team player with my other fingers and has a mind of its own which did not give me the greatest of confidence when trying out the clutch lever every now and then to see how well my hand was improving?

So what i've done is taken a chance and purchased shorter brake and clutch levers in the hope they might help me in any way?

Fitted them 3 days ago and instantly tried them out, just in the driveway, and i am now kicking myself that 've never ever tried them before!!!

They are so much easier to use, with a good or bad hand, but as my hands have always been good i just used OEM ones.
The clutch and brake levers worked exactly the same as before, just with a lot less effort to do so.

And better still they are just held on with one bolt each so nothing needs adjusting or modifying, apart from when removing the clutch cable to change the lever, and the even have 6 levels on a dial so you can adjust each lever to whatever suits your needs per hand.
Only cost £27 a pair as well, so they were also a bargain 

Seems like i bought the last set that were on Ebay and in the UK, as i got them very quickly (in 2 days) but they are the same ones on here if you're interested. Or maybe Amazon too?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=...t&_sacat=0