Well it's done. For those not in the F Bass Club, I finally have had my carpal tunnel surgery on both hands and thought I'd share my experience.
I had my left hand done 3 weeks ago, sutures removed last week. It was the worst of the two in terms of carpal tunel symptoms - within 2 days it was better than it had been in years, now I'm just relearning how to use it fully
I was fully conscious during the operation (took ~ 15-20 minutes), and drove myself home.
The right hand was done last week (a few days after the suture removal on the left) - similar experience except I had full use of the hand within hours of the surgery! Only hiccup was that I jammed one of my fingers (clumsy!) a few days ago and had some swelling in a couple of the fingers. I am right-handed, so used the hand much more than the left immediately after the operation, as well. There is still a bit of leftover swelling, but it feels almost 90% back to what it was when I was much younger.
Here's what they look like today, 3 weeks after surgery for the left, one week after surgery for the right (dressing was just removed, sutures out next week).
