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Hi Pete, I still have quite a bit of pain. I got a steroid injection about a month ago. The doctor tried them twice before and they didn’t work. The pain was excruciating a month ago. This one actually helped. I see him tomorrow, and he’s giving me another. He’s leaving practice, and I’m heartbroken. I really liked him, and he took it very seriously when I said I had to be able to play.
He said whoever the new surgeon is that I see will probably be quite shocked at the condition of my wrist because it’s deformed from all the bones being shifted to the right from the force of the fall. He was hoping they would’ve fallen back into place naturally but that’s what’s causing the pain basically is my wrist and finger bones. All being shifted to the right and he said the only way to repair it was they have to cut out part of the bone and then they have to fuse the middle finger. I was horrified. I said I won’t be able to play guitar! And he said that’s why he never did the fourth surgery so now I have to see another surgeon. I’m afraid that he’s gonna push me to get the surgery.
I hadn’t seen my old guitar teacher for over a year. I contacted him to ask his assistance with something. He had never seen my wrist and was shocked that I could play after the large number of breaks, the deformity, the chronic pain. He was shocked I wouldn’t let them do the 4th surgery. I said you don’t understand, the guitar and TAC community saved my life. I’m not sure what I would do without it. It is a part of me now.
Anyway, @jorgemac I’ve very selfishly hijacked your post, and made it about me, I’m sooo sorry.