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@@Aaaa-k3q8l 6weeks is when my pins came out

If you had no pins inserted then your procedure was bit different than mine. My first appointment after surgery was to have hard cast put on my wrist. They wanted to wait for swelling to go down a little bit (it really didn't go down for many weeks) Good luck

@@lipingxie3061 Princeton orthopedics, Dr. Mark Lamb

@ thanks a lot

may i know how much does the surgery cost? Thanks

@@lipingxie3061 hard question to answer since the majority of the surgery was covered by insurance. I paid maybe 5k out of pocket

Hi - I do recall some days seeming like progress was incredible slow or not progressing. But big picture the gains were noticed more week over week and especially each month. Good luck!!

@jackharding144 thanks 1st 2 weeks have been rather rough. Dang swelling keeps coming back every night so it's like starting over every morning. Thanks again for the reply

@@bradandrews442 I know everyone is different, but my swelling took forever to go down. I literally had to have my wedding ring resized (larger) after six months because my fingers were still swollen. The swelling eventually returned to normal, but if you are only 2 weeks postOp then don't be surprised if the swelling takes some time (months)

@jackharding144 no 2 weeks post op, 2 weeks starting PT, 12 weeks post op.

@@franklester4011 don’t worry, you got this! Get the surgery over and immediate into rehab and you will forget you had the surgery after a couple years.

Hi Deb - good luck with your upcoming surgery! I was also working from home when I had the surgery so I can relate to your issue. I took a day or two off and when I tried to work, it was certainly possible but typing with the repaired wrist takes a few weeks to be honest. Your fingers will be so stiff, swollen, and painful that you really can't do much typing for a little while. You can work for sure, but typing will be slow and challenging. I was mostly on conference calls so it wasn't too bad for me. Best of luck and hope your recovery is quick!!

Thank you so much for responding, my dr responded today, wants me out 2 to 3 to start and not on the pc till after I get the cast so I don't mess anything up before I am completely immobilized at the wrist :(

Hi - was just responding to another viewer who asked same, so pasting my response to him: so the quick answer is 6 years post op, and I have to "think" for a second to remember which wrist I hurt. ROM is slightly reduced from prior to injury, but otherwise good as new. I hurt my wrist in late December of 2017, and I was hoping for it to heal, but pain continued to progress. After MRI and Dr. visits, my surgeon was pretty blunt stating that it would progress resulting in likely needing to fuse the wrist down the road. Given my high activity level, he recommended the surgery. So I scheduled it immediately after that Dr.'s visit (which was around 2 months after I hurt it). I committed to PT post surgery and immediately was cleared to resume light resistance training. For me definitely was without a doubt correct decision. Best of luck to you!

Hi - sorry about your injury . . . so the quick answer is 6 years post op, and I have to "think" for a second to remember which wrist I hurt. ROM is slightly reduced from prior to injury, but otherwise good as new. I hurt my wrist in late December of 2017, and I was hoping for it to heal, but pain continued to progress. After MRI and Dr. visits, my surgeon was pretty blunt stating that it would progress resulting in likely needing to fuse the wrist down the road. Given my high activity level, he recommended the surgery. So I scheduled it immediately after that Dr.'s visit (which was around 2 months after I hurt it). I committed to PT post surgery and immediately was cleared to resume light resistance training. For me definitely was without a doubt correct decision. Best of luck to you!

Typing normally takes a long time, at least 6 weeks after initial surgery and when cast and splints come off. Your fingers will be incredibly limited at first so typing is tough

Hi - thanks for watching. A video would probably be overkill, since my wrist quite simply is good as new. Have slightly less range of motion, but other than that, I have to think twice to remember which wrist I hurt. Still workout nearly every day and it holds up just fine. Best of luck!!

Thank you - appreciate it

Hi - 6 years later and I have to think twice to remember which wrist I hurt. Slightly less range of motion, but other than that good as new. Best of luck with your recovery!

If you need the surgery and have the procedure, you will definitely be out for a while. But it is worth it in the long run

The first surgery is pretty complex so they don't want you awake I imagine. The nerve block lasts for up to 24 hours . . . and with the pain you definitely want it. The propofol is just to knock you out for the procedure.

@@Mdecoursey1 Good luck, keep working on it!

are you improving?

@@KielTee All good - have to think for a moment to remember which wrist I hurt

@@jackharding144 God bless you Jack. Thank you for the response. Gave me some peace of mind.

I think, not positive, it was Brunelli

First surgery was maybe an hour, perhaps less. The 2nd was a matter of minutes

Good luck with the surgery . . . 5 years post op and I'm still banging out 100 pushups a day, no issues with wrist

@@jackharding144 this really helped me with the anxiety I’m having. I love to work and workout

@@clean0884 Thanks - glad the videos are helping. FYI, my youngest son is a police officer, appreciate what you all do every day. Thank YOU!

@@jackharding144 god bless him. I’ll keep you posted post op.

3 weeks post op currently in a hard cast. The surgeon went with the ANAFAB technique. Very interesting and different from the one you went through. They have some good videos on you tube.

Hi - 5 years out and like I never had surgery. Honestly have to "think" for a second which wrist I hurt. Very sight decrease in range of motion is only real long term effect, but nothing is limited.

Yikes- I remember getting novacaine for pin removal

If I understand, you just had hard cast on which means you are probably a week or two after initial surgery? If that is the case, don't panic! I didn't do any exercises while casted at all, because I couldn't even if I wanted to. I didn't start any rehab/therapy work until after the pins were removed. Wish you luck in your recovery!

@jackharding144 Yes, it's almost three weeks after my surgery, and my accident was on the 27th of April. My next appointment is at the end of June. The doctor said that the fracture happened at a very bad place on my wrist. He suggested seeing how the recovery goes before we set an appointment for the surgery to remove the pins. He's worried about me developing an SLAC wrist, which is a more advanced state of the scapholunate ligament issue you had. I'm a bit afraid. But thanks for your message. It helped me calm down a bit. Sadly, my wrist was broken in several places after a car accident, so it's a bit different from your situation. I was just amazed by your strength and dedication in your videos. Did you hear about this SLAC as well? I can move my fingers in the cast now, and I feel some improvement, but my biggest fear is that my wrist could be limited in mobility. It's very kind of you to try to give advice to every person in the comments section, even many years after.

@@sigyn_2759 Thanks, I know I had lots of questions when I had my surgery and not much was information was out there, so made the videos and glad they are still being helpful to anyone. I have never heard of SLAC wrist but just looked it up and read a bit about it. Best of luck to you in your recovery!

Hey Ryan - short answer is yes, resumed all activities after surgery that I was doing before the injury. No limitations at all.

You really are incredibly limited for the first few weeks. Pain is really bad few days after surgery. I remember showering with a garbage back tied with rubber band around my arm.

Tough to answer . . . I work remotely and went back to work the next day for a few hours, but it was tough. Your wrist is in a lot of pain initially and you can't type at all with the hand/wrist. If I had to go into an office I think I would have taken the week off. But it will all be worth it I promise you when you get through it all. Best of luck to you!

Thanks - wish you luck on your injury. Made this video 6 years ago, wrist has long since been healed and no issues. Best of luck

​@@jackharding144i am surprised that for a recent injury the surgeon offered you a ligamentoplasty(using a part of your tendon). Here in france they do a kinda capsolodesis (Mathoulin method). Have your surgeon considered this as an option too and you choose the ligamentoplasty? Happy all went well for you!

@@ZizouMars Hi! My injury occurred in late 2017 and surgery in March of 2018, so there may well have been newer/better ways to address the injury

@@jackharding144 i think it is more like a method, fully torn ligaments need dorsal reconstruction. Did he tell you the success rate btw? If you don't you mind sharing your surgeon details please don't hesitate. Many thanks

@@ZizouMars The surgeon was Dr Marc Lamb. I don’t remember him giving me a success rate, I do remember him indicating that given him my high level of activity his confidence level was high that it would work out fine for me, which, in fact it did.

Hey! You had it finally? How did it go?

Hi - just looked up calendar from when I had surgery . . . Surgery was on March 20, pins removed May 3, started rehab and back to gym both on May 10. My doctor cleared me immediately after pin removal to go to gym as long as I stuck to machines and very light resistance training. It took about 10 weeks from pin removal to be back to about 90 percent of gym activities. The gym work really helped in my rehab therapy sessions, as the constant gripping of weights in gym helped strenghen fingers and wrist. Best of luck with your recovery!

@@jackharding144 thank you appreciate the response. Quicker than I initially assumed so positive light at the end of the tunnel!

Hey Ross - your recovery sounds very different than mine so hard to compare "apples to apples" . . . after my pins were removed, I was immediately cleared for rehab and light gym/weights. And I took advantage of it, by going to therapy once a week, gym probably 4 - 5 times a week doing very light weights with machines, and home exercises with wrist/fingers each day while working from home. Improvements in flexon took time but they definitely came consistently with regular exercise/therapy. My second video (when I'm wearing red shirt) was filmed 11 weeks after pin removal, and at that point I had made great progress and was fully back to all activities. The flexon measurements I mention in the video were taken at around 7 weeks after pin removal, so sounds like that is right around where you are timeline wise. Best of luck to you in your recovery!

Hey - you are in the toughest time right now. Everyone's swelling is different, I know mine was pretty bad in my fingers. I couldn't wear my wedding ring and at around 6 months post surgery I finally had the ring enlarged since my finger(s) still was a little swollen. Eventually . . . like around 9'ish months for me they were back to normal. Good luck with your recovery!

@@jackharding144 yikes I was hoping for something a little less than 6 to 9 months. My sleep has been really horrible this past week, any tips or tricks on how you found comfort, whether that be through medication or certain sleeping positions with pillows, etc. I’ll take any advice I can get, admittedly, I didn’t think this first week would be as bad as it turned out

@@Mdecoursey1 Hi again, your swelling may go down faster than mine, so don't lose hope. Regarding sleep, I also recall how tough it was. I do remember after a few days post op, I would hold off taking prescribed medication until bedtime, and it would help me sleep . . . essentially saving the pain killers for bedtime. I do remember using a pillow under my casted hand when I slept, which seemed to help. You are definitely in the tough time window, but I promise you it does get better! Good luck

@@jackharding144 my swelling has definitely not gone down fast at all in the two weeks since surgery, I can move my fingers, but I really can't use them effectively at all yet. My swelling is all in my fingers and the top of part of my hand. They had to bivalve my cast just to provide a little extra room of expansion for swelling. I remember you saying you traveled a couple times, so with your swelling, did it give you any issues while in flight at elevation with the cabin pressure and what not? I didn't know if swelling or pain got worse in flight. I'm supposed to hop on a flight from Dallas to New York on Friday and I'm getting a little nervous about that. Not to mention, just a little bit nervous in general, navigating travel with an arm and a cast. Not impossible but I'm sure it won't be easy.

@@Mdecoursey1 Be patient on the swelling would be my advice….. as in it could take several months to go down. I flew NY to Los Angeles exactly 1 month after surgery for a wedding and all was ok. You will be ok!!

Hi Christine - you will be fine! My biggest tip would be to be aggressive at rehab and using your wrist/hand/fingers as much as possible to regain strength. I am now 6 years post op and like it never happened. Best of luck!

Hey Christine, hope it went well! what is time between your injury and the surgery?

Hi Ben - first and foremost, listened to some of your music and wow . . . you have an amazing sound . . . wish you best of luck with your career. Regarding success rate, I don't recall my Dr. putting a % on the surgery. He did tell me that if I did nothing, I would almost certainly need my wrist to be fused in the future at some point. Given my high level of activity, the Dr. seemed confident in the surgery. And I fully committed to rehab immediately after getting the pins out. And now 6 years later, I have to think for a second to recall which wrist I hurt. I know success rates depend highly on age and physical activity levels, and you seem to have both in your favor. Dr. Marc Lamb of Princeton Orthopedic in NJ (www.princetonorthopaedic.com) performed the surgery and was really fantastic. Best of luck to you !

Thank you for your thoughtful (and optimistic) response! I really appreciate it@@jackharding144 . Yes, I am very much active like yourself. Glad to hear you have fully recovered. Take care

@@jackharding144 Had my surgery done yesterday. Looks about the same as your hand in the first video. I was given screws in mine that apparently will come out after two weeks. I haven’t heard anything about a hard cast, but perhaps I wasn’t listening close enough. Rewatch ing your videos is helpful in seeing what lies ahead. I’m very anxious to get the screws out and start my physical therapy. Having one hand is extremely annoying as I’m sure you remember. Thanks again for the videos. -Ben

@@BenRue Hang in there - you are in the toughest period right now. Best of luck with your recovery!

Hi - I had propofol for my anesthesia

​@@jackharding144how is your today?

@@briandeodoro4421 Wrist is good today, no issues at all

@@jackharding144 that's good to know. Thank you for your videos.

I had propofol - not general though - i was still breathing on my own - I guess they call it conscious sedation - but I don’t remember a thing

Best of luck to you!!

How’d it go? I’m having the same exact surgery in a few weeks and I’m starting to get nervous. I’d probably be less nervous if it was just scapholunate surgery but knowing there is also ECU reconstruction just seems a lil too much for me lol

@@noone2194 it has gone really well. The recovery is a huge mental game but I’m 8 weeks post op this week and I’m probably going to be cleared to go back to work. Personally, my reconstruction was one of the worst my surgeon has seen and had to have a graft placed, however my pain has consistently been far less than before surgery. I think the hard part is the fact that I feel great, but I can’t do the things I want to do yet because of the weight restrictions.

@@nataliewhisnant8280 that’s what I’m scared of the most! The recovery and knowing that it probably won’t be back to 100% ever again. Good luck with your recovery! Btw with the ecu reconstruction, did you have an above elbow cast or a short one?

@@noone2194 hey don’t count it out never being back. I’m only 8 weeks out and I have 80% motion back already and my surgeon says it’s likely I’ll have greater than 95% of function back. I started out in a Sugar tong splint for 5 days, then I had an allergic reaction to the bandages and got taken out, cleaned and put in a long arm to the shoulder hard cast until 2 weeks post op. Then went to a Munster cast until 5 weeks post op. At 5 weeks I went to a removable Munster and started hand therapy. In the last 3 weeks we’ve gotten almost all of my range of motion back and I’m supposed to go to a short arm removable splint tomorrow and start weight bearing exercises more than the 5lbs I’m allowed right now. I will never regret this surgery and my pain is entirely gone, so even if I don’t get 100% motion or function back, I’m so much better than before surgery.

A doctor will probably recommend an MRI to see if the ligament is torn, or any other damage exists. Good luck!

@@jackharding144 yeah i got rmi scan and it says the ligament is injuried by the dorsal part...but it doesnt hurt honestly...just a littlebit when I push palm against floor. I m scared about surgery and rehab period, i ve an important job opportunity in september and im afraid i won t be able to recover

Interesting…… of all the people who have commented and had surgery don’t recall anyone saying that. Good luck!

Did you have to go back to get pins removed or did they do it during the initial surgery? I am 3 weeks out and no mention of having pins removed.

@@alexanderm9724 I went back after roughly 5/6 weeks and had pins removed

So I just went back and looked at my calendar from that year. My surgery was on March 20, spent first week postop in a splint, waiting for swelling to go down, then had hard cast put on March 27. Went to see the doctor every two weeks thereafter to have cast removed, x-rayed, then put back on. Second surgery to remove the pins was on May 3. So I was in a soft cast for one week, then hard cast for about five & 1/2 weeks. After pin removal, was in a splint for probably about three or four weeks as I remember. For what it is worth, my doctor knew my lifestyle, and based on that ( and me being very active) he strongly recommended surgery. I was 55 when I had the surgery, and six years later, can’t even remember which wrist was operated on :-). So for me, it was absolutely the right call to get the surgery. Everyone is different, hope your final decision works out best for you and your lifestyle.

@@jackharding144 Thanks for that context, it is very helpful and appreciated. Was it your dominant arm? Luckily for me it's not, and I play a lot of tennis and pickleball and fortunately don't have to use the left arm a lot, lol. BTW - looks like my surgery is tentatively scheduled for Mar 21st, we might miss each other by a day lol

@@Mdecoursey1 Same here- injury was on my non dominant hand. And I just looked when I made that second video where I’m wearing the red shirt; that was July 30. So it took me four months from initial surgery to being probably 95% “back” in action.

Hard to describe in writing, I would suggest Google Physical Therapy exercises for Scapholunate Ligament surgery. My therapy right after surgery focused on regaining finger and grip strength, along with lots of range of motion exercises on the operated wrist. Good luck!

Good luck!

No back pain whatsoever during any phase of this surgery or recovery. You are very young, so I would think your recovery would be as close to 100% as possible, as long as you put in the work. Best of luck

@@jackharding144thank you for the reply! its really good hearing that from someone with similar experience. wish you the best of luck as well🙏

Yes, temper those (short term) expectations! But I'm sure if you put the rehab work in you'll be back on the slopes next season. Best of luck!

For sure, I’m finding this out now. Had mine done November 27 and I’m still in a splint at least until March 7th. I’ve been reading and 6-9 months from the surgery for contact sports.

@@jeffmiller2871 oh man. Give me some hope. I'm actually looking into a 3D printed cast at my first post op appointment next week. Doctor wasn't familiar with them but open to looking into it. I'll post the info back up here if it's fruitful

@@Keithherrm Once I got my cast off I was real hopeful that I would be using it in no time, but after taking me splint off for a couple hours at a time and aching really bad, I learned to just trust what they’re saying. Being my dominant hand, it’s very frustrating. But I’m seeing a lot of progress now, so I’m very optimistic now.

@@jeffmiller2871 Cast is scheduled to come off a week from today. Any more thoughts on prepping for removal, rehab, etc?

I injured my wrist in late December and had the surgery in mid March. That was really after a period of me waiting to see if it would get better on its own, followed by several doctor visits, MRIs, etc. Once the doctor told me it would not Get better, and actually would get progressively worse was when I decided to get the surgery ASAP. I did fly several times with pins in and cast on my wrist. Best of luck with your surgery and recovery.

@@jackharding144 oh wow, OK, that is great to hear, I thought traveling with the pins in your arm and being casted would be pretty cumbersome

@@Mdecoursey1 LOL, I mean it wasn't easy because you can't do much with your operated wrist. But, I did travel when I had pins in wrist and casted. Good luck!

@@jackharding144 Curious if you ever learned about this - might've come out right after your surgery - I met with a surgeon this morning that does the surgery a bit different - without the use of pins, just basically uses a stronger synthetic tape to repair the ligament to keep the bones together. Apparently this popular surgeon out of NY Scott Wolfe came up with it. Still about the same recovery and all that.

@@Mdecoursey1 I've heard from some people via RUclips who shared in their comments they had similar surgery without use of pins, so knew it was out there without really knowing any specifics. One of them commented on this right after my surgery if I remember correctly, so it was 6 years ago. She had good success from our conversations

Wrist has been great for years now, literally have to "think" for a second to remember which wrist I hurt. Slight decrease in range of motion, but otherwise good as new. No restrictions at all on any sports. For me, as soon as I learned my wrist wouldn't get better, and would continue to get worse, it was a no brainer to get the surgery. Wish you luck!

Has been fine for several years now . . . as I've said to others, I literally have to "think" for a second to remember which wrist I hurt. Range of motion never returned to preinjury ranges, but is pretty close. Have been able to do all sports/exercises with no pain.

Depends entirely on what type of work you do. I was desk based work (and work from home) so I was back to work for a few hours the day after surgery. It wasn’t pleasant the first week typing with one hand, since your operated hand/fingers are basically useless for a while. After couple of weeks I could use operated fingers somewhat, but still difficult