i've read previous posts about this but am looking for more info/advice. This is a condition where you've inflamed the tendons in the base of the thumb joint (or similar) and the advice is to rest it, which is impossible with a baby and virtually no help. I'm thinking of getting my hair cut short as it's curly and a pain to maintain anyway.
I am really struggling with this, my baby is only 3.5 months and i live alone. I do not want the op or injections, if they go wrong who's going to care for my son til he's an adult! i have read that it often goes once you stop needing to use that joint so much when you pick them up, but this is a long way off (and probably only applies to people with more support than me anyway) and i'm very upset at the thought of not being able to enjoy being a parent (i've waited so long for this, been through hell) until my hand is better. Every moment i'm awake i have to concentrate in order not to catch or strain the joint, just a millimetre in the wrong direction and it feels bad. I have read of women having a lot of pain and it getting better, i'm not having that much pain but i'm so scared of permanent damage that i don't want to make it worse so i avoid using it as much as possible, but this means that i have a very restricted life and can barely care for my son (i make sure he's ok though). I'm wondering if it would be safe to do more and bank on it healing once he's older???
I have a nhs physio appt soon and have been icing it 4xday, i've had it for weeks!!! Be good to hear some experiences etc, so upset (but hiding it from baba)
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de Quervain's tenosynovitis/"mothers thumb"/"washerwoman's thumb. Steriod injection, operation
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dogsRule4eva · 04/04/2016 14:47
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