Finally, I did it....carpal tunnel surgery

After 8 years of pain and sleepless nights, I finally decided to go ahead with the carpal tunnel surgery. Unfortunately, I have it on both hands but, thought I should do the surgery on my left hand first since it is the worse one.


After almost 3 months of doctor visits and nerve testing I was finally scheduled for the surgery last July 9th.


Morning of surgery, I got out of bed early and gave myself a good bath. Scott drove me to the Inland Valley Empire Surgical Center in Pomona and checked in at the nurses registration at exactly 10:30am, July 9th, 2009. Half an hour later they called me in to the prep room to put on OR gown and socks. They hooked me up to an IV and waited for my Anesthesiologist. Scott was called in to be on my side and met my doctors 30 minutes before surgery.


At 11:00am they rolled me in to the operating room and was given the most controversial sedative Diprivan through my IV tube. The surgery that lasted for 30 minutes went well....no pain and discomfort. My surgeon made sure that my left hand was wrapped beautifully in white bandages.



We arrived home around noon and the anethesia was slowly wearing off. The discomfort was sipping in and can't do much but rest. A few hours later, inspite of the increasing discomfort, I managed to dressed up and we started our drive to the Greek Theater to see my favorite jazz trumpeter, Chris Botti in concert.