Saw the hand lady. Apparently the main branches of the nerves and the tendons are ok. However there is some squashing of one of the minor sensory nerves, in the hand. However, any surgery to fix would be very invasive, lots of digging around to get at the nerve to free it, long recovery and a 10 cm wiggly incision. No thanks, never has surgery sounded so unappealing, advised not to go there unless it gets worse (numbness, motor function)!! Also, says there is a tiny bit of damage to one of the bones on one of the MRI slices, must have whacked at some point (probably falling off a bike), apparently where the nerves run. I’ve had a local anaesthetic / steroid injection to try to help the inflammation. Heel of hand is numb, quite odd! Tendons all ok on MRI, so that’s something! Fingers crossed the injection does the trick.
Next up to sort out my bo**ocked legs and my worsening right shoulder
I'm now struggling to wash my hair comfortably as well as do up my bra. Saw practice nurse (I had booked for another issue), asked about shoulder but no musculoskeletal knowledge, however I'm having full blood tests next week - inflammatory markers plus the usual cholesterol, blood glucose (as I'm over 40 and it's been a while, probably a practice tick box target
) I'm sure my blood is ok, especially as the hand is nerve not tendon, I'm essentially just a wreck
I see the cycling physio again on Monday. The specialist also said to pay a lot of attention to cycling position and stress on hands, nerve issues common in cyclists. Another thing to review when we look at bike positioning
Not that I've cycled outside since I did about 6 miles on Saturday