Ulnar Nerve surgery recovery

09-11-2017, 12:08 AM

Hi. I had ulnar nerve Decompression on my right elbow on June 1st. It relieved some of the major pain but I still notice tingling, loss of strength in pinkie, sharp pains in hand near pinkie, and the right side of my elbow is still numb with pain near the nerve when I drive, wash or do anything to my hair where my arms up in the air and even holding my cell phone. I am about 3 1/2 months post op and go back to the doc 4 months post op. I was wondering if this is normal and will it go away for good?

09-25-2017, 05:38 PM

So sorry to hear you’re still having issues. I am facing that surgery myself. I have been in pain for two years after an injury.

Don’t know if this helps but my surgeon did tell me the recovery will take 4-6 months. Don’t get too discouraged. It might take more time. Best wishes to you!

09-25-2017, 05:41 PM

I also wanted to ask you a few more details of your surgery experience. How would you rate your pain post op? Did the splint it? How large is the incision?

09-25-2017, 08:49 PM

Hi, yes my elbow was splinted and wrapped for about a week. The incision is about an inch and a half on the elbow. The surgery went well, I was knocked out. Woke up with my arm wrapped on bandages. The pain was very minimal for me. I had some pain on a scale it was about 4. I took the pain meds for the first two days and then stopped

10-19-2017, 06:09 PM

I’m scheduled for surgery November 14th. He is going to reposition my ulnar nerve and clean up a tendon I’ve damaged. The pain was so bad for a while that it was unbearable. The past two days it’s felt a little bit better. Makes me second guess having the surgery but the pain when I pick things up reminds me it needs to be done. We are hoping to adopt two boys ages 2 and 4 soon and I want to be able to hold them pain free. I have great faith in my surgeon.

Have things improved at all for you since last time we chatted?

Ulnar Nerve surgery recovery

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