SUNDAY NIGHT:
Yip have forgotten what day it is WW wise, weigh in on Friday and gained 200 grams......
Well where do I begin, got my CT Scan results in and it is worse than what we thought - they have said an urgent appointment with the specialist, or hospital.
I have a hand therapist tomorrow, to get another splint made, I have worn out the ones I had. I have my initial appointment with the hand surgeon on June 10th :).
Anyway this is the conclusion from the CT Scan....
Conclusion:
Multiple screws from distal radius volar plate protruding beyond dorsal
cortex, impinging on multiple extensor compartments.
Thickened, poorly defined extensor digitorum communis to the middle finger.
Ultrasound may be more helpful to assess for continuity.
I will try and explain it as well as I can.... hopefully I have got it right, I am seeing the hand therapist tomorrow, so she might explain it to me a bit better to understand and then I can tell you :).
Basically we only thought there was 1 screw protruding beyond the dorsal cortex, the dorsal cortex basically protects the tendons, but there are many screws protruding, this puts all the tendons at risk, the multiple extensor compartments, are the top side of the hand, where all the tendons are, they have 7 compartments I believe. Where my middle finger is, the tendon to there is ruptured, and there appears to a lot of damage by the actual wrist area, where the wrist is. So basically we were hoping the screws were not involved but seeing as my hand is so stuffed they will have to remove the plate and screws, as this happened 8 years ago, it means that it is covered by a lot of bone etc...... The thumb is in a very dangerous position of having a rupture, well they all are and to be honest this has me shit scared, as the nerve damage with this type of surgery is very very high. What we thought was going to be a relatively simple surgery repairing one tendon has turned into many tendons/screws/plate needing fixed, or hopefully fixed and get to keep full movement in my hand.
I will know more hopefully tomorrow after talking to the hand therapist, so will find out how serious this is, and if what I am allowed to do...... I will find out if I can go to the gym or not, if not I might just do walks outside and try and get my fitness from that.
Today was Mothers Day, Steph came around for a bit, she moves on Friday to Auckland, I am so going to miss her, it is hitting me harder than what I thought it would....
Food wise, have not really made my decision fully, but am thinking more than likely it will be lower carb again soon.
Join me on my journey to getting healthier and stronger. in mid 2019, I had surgery on ruptured tendons and to remove the plate and screws in my wrist, which irritated the tendons and caused them to rupture. Join me as I get my fitness back and also start back at doing lower carb way of life :)
That sounds bad (your hand!). I hope they get it sorted urgently now and don't worry about the gym or whatever, just look after the hand.
ReplyDeleteRegarding diet, please don't take offence but neither WW nor low carb will work if you can't make if your daily normal eating. You need to relearn the way you eat and not "diet" because that is simply not working for you over time. You go back and forth between the two when all that is needed is an everyday change that you can maintain.
I know it's hard but what you are doing over and over is not working. Relax and figure out a way of eating that you can make your new normal. Good luck with the hand :)
Hi is Auckland far from you? I hope all goes well with your hand...it has been a long journey for you...I have a friend who had gastric banding in February and has lost 26 kilos already...she is very short and had a BMI of 49 it is now 35...you have struggled for so long, maybe look into it? she was 116 kilos and about 5" 1...now down to 84....hope all goes well for you.
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