Hi Everyone!
I just found this forum tonight after looking for a place that I might get some support on the days I need it and offer empathy/sympathy and hope for those looking for it. 5 yrs ago I was in a car accident-that was ALL my fault. After the car rolled and I was ejected, I found my L hand crushed under the roof. Needless to say there wasn't much left for them to work with but they did their best. In the end, I had a severed median nerve (hence the title, lol) numerous damaged nerves in my wrist, hand & fingers, severed and beyond repair arterial vein, and a degloving injury-where I was lucky to have a donor transplant approx 4 inch of cadaver skin on my hand. *Sigh, so with all that said, I was told I would never use this hand again in a matter of fact way. My family help me find the best surgeon and after 13 surgeries I DO use my left hand. Still..... the pain some days (from the nerves) can be unbearable, I can't bend my thumb tip and I must use all my strength to make a fist. Im on oxycodone,morphin,lyrica,carbotrol (hate it!!) effexor and klonopin. Wheew! So thats the short of my story. The reason really doesn't matter and the intensity doesn't either. Pain is pain!! We all can relate. And thats why Im here. I've become unmotivated, unaccountable, depressed and have lost my social life by isolating. So you folks are my first step :) Hopefully I've come to the right place. Thanks for listening. Shawnee1058