De quervain's tenosynovitis and 99centile baby

[dontcomeatme]

I have struggled with de quervain's tenosynovitis for years, I had steroid injections for it years ago which seemed to really help. I had my 99centile DS 14 weeks ago, he's currently 21lb and my tenosynovitis has kicked off again 😢 I'm in agony. I can't even pick him up, it's hurting just to type this. I'm using my splint again and I'm going to ring GP on Monday to be referred for injections again. But in the meantime my OH needs to go to work and I have my gigantic baby and my, also 99centile, toddler to try and deal with. I've cried so many times today, I couldnt pick either son up and my toddler has knocked it multiple times I've literally cried out in pain and scared him.
Does anyone have any fool proof tips and tricks to help me manage until I get seen? Is there a quick fix? A miracle drug, absolutely anything at this point. I'll be alone come Monday and the thought is terrifying me. I couldn't pick up a 5lb baby right now never mind my BFG. He's ebf too and I'm in agony trying to hold him😢

Lots of physio. For me it starts in my shoulders so I've had some very brutal back massages and dry needling in shoulders and elbows all of which help. Stretches for tennis elbow help, as does lying on the floor with a rolled towel under my shoulder blades to stretch them out. The physio has also shown me how to hold him engaging my abs and to pick him up using forearms rather than hands. I've just got to wait until I finish breast feeding really though, with lots of paracetamol and a good brace

It is so so so painful, absolute agony. Can you splint them in a stiffer splint till you can get the injections (can you have them if breastfeeding?). Are you wearing the splints at night too as I did find that helped a bit. The only magic for me was those injections too.

I don't know if it's safe while feeding I didn't even think of that! I will have to wean him I can't function with this pain. I can barely move my thumb my range of motion is 10x worse than it was last time.

I'll have a look on amazon for a new better splint!

You have my sympathy - it’s bloody awful!

I was still exclusively breastfeeding my twins when I had my steroid injections for this when they were 4 months old so don’t worry about the BF aspect. I’d completely forgotten about it, it was horrid. Luckily for me it never came back.
poor you, I hope you get seen asap.

I can't even imagine looking after twins with this pain so wow, well done you 😭 I haven't had any issues since my last injection 2 years ago but my god its back with a vengeance now! Thank you x

Hopefully it won’t come back this time! It was getting the car seats in and out of the car and buggy that got me. Never had it with my first (twins were babies 2 and 3). I remember I had to take the babies to my appt and the lovely doctor said I can see you are not going to be able to rest it, so she referred me straight away for the injections rather than telling me to try a splint come back in 4 weeks.
i only knew it was something specific because my aunt had had the same thing when she had her twins in 1978 and told me about it!

I got sent straight for injections last time too, my first DS was also 99centile and the doctor said the same to me 😅 fingers crossed they do the same this time 🤞 x

I was recommended a Push sports wrist brace. It works really well. I'm a bit hypermobile anyway, so the physio reckons it's because everything stays soft and weak with breastfeeding hormones so it should recover when I stop. I don't know if steroids would be available where I am. Picking him up out of the basket for night feeds when I've gone stiff is agony though!