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Work injury to left wrist and hand.

Fingerpickingood

Fingerpickingood

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Oct 30, 2014
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I already have issues with that hand/arm from nerve damage due to a martial arts injury. Now I seem to have done some serious damage. My wrist is aching and my thumb, forefinger, and middle finger are numb.

Please keep me in your thoughts, and lift a fellow lowender's sagging spirits. I'm at the ER now. They're about to take me back for X-rays.

I really hope this isn't the proverbial death knell for my fretting hand. :(
 
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beaglesandbass said:
What happened to cause this injury?
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I was leaning a front-loading washing machine back to take the dolly from beneath it. I leaned the weight onto my left hand, pulled the dolly with my right, then pushed it upright with my left hand. This is a motion I've literally performed thousands of times. I felt a pop in my wrist/forearm, and my thumb, forefinger, and middle finger immediately went numb, followed by an unpleasant ache in my wrist.

They currently have me in a wrist brace doing office duty. I go back the 20th for reevaluation to see if surgery will be required.
 

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Unfortunately, I've had problems with that arm/hand/wrist for years, as stated in the OP. Not being snarky!!! Easy to overlook. I read that thread. I am really considering making the switch to lefty, as I can't imagine it ever being 100% again.

Michael B said:
That stinks bad. Hope it heals completely. There was a recent post on here for a long term repetitive type of injury where the wisdom was to switch to lefty. I bet this heals up since it was a single event not over years.
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Fingerpickingood said:
It's looking like that may be the best course of action.
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The reason I have given this some thought is that one time I had a tumor on one of the fingers on my left hand. It wasn't cancerous. But it took the dermatologist months to figure out how to get rid of it. It was during that time period that I began to seriously think about the possibility that one day I might have to switch to left handed playing. When something like this confronts you directly, you just have to take the radical solutions seriously. It's hard but way better than giving up. Because you know you can do it. What you don't know is how good you'll be able to get. Still, something is better than nothing, IMO. Besides, there is always the possibility that proficiency at playing left handed can be achieved.
 
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Rocker949 said:
The reason I have given this some thought is that one time I had a tumor on one of the fingers on my left hand. It wasn't cancerous. But it took the dermatologist months to figure out how to get rid of it. It was during that time period that I began to seriously think about the possibility that one day I might have to switch to left handed playing. When something like this confronts you directly, you just have to take the radical solutions seriously. It's hard but way better than giving up. Because you know you can do it. What you don't know is how good you'll be able to get. Still, something is better than nothing, IMO. Besides, there is always the possibility that proficiency at playing left handed can be achieved.
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I refuse to let anything stop me. I watched a video of an armless guy playing with his feet!
 
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