Severed Nerve Recovery Blog

I have more exciting news! My pointer finger is now working and I am getting close to be able to extend it fully. I'm so excited. Additional news: My thumb is also working, although it still has a ways to go. I am feeling pretty confident that it will continue to get better. Yahoo! My middle finger has also started to work, but I can tell there is something not quite right with it. Every time I try to extend it, I get a weird pulling sensation in my arm. I'm guessing the portion of the muscle that extends that finger is pretty damaged. That said, the same muscle extends the pointer, middle and ring fingers so I'm hoping there is still a chance that it might recover over time since those other fingers are mostly working. In terms of overall hand function, I am starting to feel more and more like I have my hand back and like it functions like it used to. I can't really extend my fingers up at all when I have my wrist cocked back, but otherwise things are getting c

My cousin shared this on Facebook and I just thought it was nice. It feels meaningful to me now.

My healing is so slow that it's hard to notice progress, but I know I'm improving. The slow is hard, though. I want my hand to get better quickly so that I can type and turn pages and finger pick the guitar like I used too. I want my life to be back to normal. I also just want to know how my hand will be when this is all done. But instead it's just so slow. And I am so impatient. And I want to be better so badly. Every day I do my physical therapy exercises and try to strengthen my hand, while searching and searching for any sign of improvement. Wait? Is that new? Could I do that yesterday? I'm not sure. I guess I'll see in a week if I improve just that little bit more so that I can tell for sure I'm a little better. But for now I just don't know. I also worry. I know my nerve repair worked, but will it work fast enough so that my muscles don't whither away and die in the meantime. And what about my cut muscles? Are they healing? Will they

Excellent new! I'm getting better at typing! Normally, I type around 70 or 75 words per minute, so I'm getting close to being just as fast as before. Even though my hand position is still a bit awkard, I'm really excited about this progress! Here's a typing test from today, about 5 months after my injury. Yay! April 3, 2018 And here's my typing test from about a month ago, just over 4 months after my injury. So much improvement! March 6, 2018