[Spridgets] Non Spridget - carpal tunnel surgery

Rick Bastedo rbastedo at gmail.com
Mon Dec 5 18:29:35 MST 2011


I totally agree.
I could have gone in a month ago with another surgeon, I waited until my
guy was available.
There's no price you can put on having the right guy who is doing the work.


On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 5:25 PM, Larry Daniels <ladaniels at sbcglobal.net>wrote:

>
> Rick, my best advice is to find the best surgeon you can.  Don't settle for
> just anybody.  Surgeons are like everybody else in that they come in all
> different flavors and some are better than others.  Two weeks ago I had
> shoulder surgery and I got the same surgeon who screwed my Achilles back
> onto my heel a few years ago.  He is listed as one of the top 100 bone guys
> in the country.  Last year I had surgery on my ulnar nerve and got the
> ex-chief neurosurgeon from the Mayo Clinic.  Trust me, when you have
> somebody cutting on you, you don't want second rate.  There are times when
> going for the best is worth it.  This is one of those times.
>
> BTW, the shoulder surgery I just had was to remove bone spurs that were
> tearing up my rotator cuff.  I wore a sling for about a day and a half,
> never even filled my Rx for a pain killer and within three days was able to
> move my arm full range in every direction.  That's what getting the best
> does for you.  It's worth it.
>
> Good luck to you.
>
>
> LAD
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rick Bastedo
> Sent: Monday, December 05, 2011 6:54 PM
> To: spridgets at autox.team.net
> Subject: [Spridgets] Non Spridget - carpal tunnel surgery
>
> I met with the surgeon this morning, after looking me over and looking at
> the EMG report he had two questions:
> How soon can you get in for surgery?
> Which side would you like us to do first?
>
> With the advances in microsurgery I am hoping to have a quick recovery.
> Looks like I'll be spending a lot of quality time at home over the next
> month.
> Unfortunately I won't be able to do much with my cars, or likely anything
> else.
> Hopefully after it's all done I'll have more use from my hands once again.
>
> I suppose some of you have had this done recently?
> I wouldn't mind hearing about your experiences.
>
> Rick (wrist-o-rooter?) Bastedo
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