Experienced audience pls help.
I'm after surgery(release) done three and a half weeks ago .
two weeks after it i went for a swim all was good
2nd time i swam was a week after the first one and from that point my elbow on the other side of the surgery went into thick dull numb feeling .im taking anti inflammatories and this condition still exist. im wondering if you know what i am talking about and should i be concerned ?had this happened to you and what have you done with it?
Please help -frustrated

Hey Yula,

I think some numbness in the elbow post-op is pretty common. I am about 8 months out from my left transposition and am still numb. I've pretty much gotten used to it, but at the beginning it was pretty weird.


Chris

thanks Chris .i do hope you and i will get better sensations in our limbs.Its depressing esp for a girl that wants to come back to training (lift weights/swim etc).
How long before you came back to full range and strength?

Hey Yula,

Hopefully you'll be back to normal activity in a few weeks. I was allowed to return to "regular" duty after about 6 weeks. As for recovery time, I was slow to recover from all my surgeries...I may have some underlying nerve issues-trying to sort them out with neurology. I think typically its about 3 months to full recovery s/p decompression.

Chris

Thanks Chris .hope i will be just 6 weeks out of training.
Thank you for replying.

Pain, numbness, and nerve shocks are very common for weeks and even months after CuTS surgery. Setbacks are also common. CuTS post-op patients describe a roller coaster recovery, where your arm will feel great one day then problems the next. The important thing is that your overall trend is toward improvement. Don't worry about the occasional bad day, but if you don't feel like you are gradually improving, then be sure to contact your surgeon.

Good luck with your recovery!