First of all...for those of you who knew it was happening, my surgery was successful! And for those of you who didn't know...my surgery was successful! I had an right arm ulnar nerve decompression and transposition on April 2. The reason was because I had been having quite a bit of pain in my elbow, lower arm, and hand for the last few years. Imagine feeling like you smacked your funny bone several times a day without ever even moving your arm. Lately, it became quite unbearable and constant. Along with the pain, my pinky and ring finger were almost constantly numb and it was driving me nuts! Basically the Drs moved my ulnar nerve (funny bone nerve) from the back to the front of my elbow. My younger brother, Andrew, had a similar surgery several years ago and my older brother, Josh, recently had the surgery, too. I guess it runs in our family. When Josh got his surgery it gave me the nerve (no pun intended) to finally take care of things. So I had the surgery on April 2 at the U of U Orthopaedic center and other than a bit of recovery pain, things have been great. It was difficult not picking up Jacob for a couple of weeks, but Tony was a great help and took care of him while I was recovering. The best part is I can now feel my pinky and the pain is mostly gone!
Here are a couple of pictures of my newly acquired scar. It is in a really good spot because no one can see it unless I awkwardly hold my arm over my head. My arm is still a little swollen and blotchy, but nothing too disgusting.
The Dr. said that if I hadn't had this surgery done, I would have eventually lost muscle function in my hand and would have had permanent damage. Hooray for modern medicine!
