Personal News: Tendon Transfer Surgery

On April 20 I had a biceps to triceps and brachial radialis to wrist extensor ECRB tendon transfer surgeries on my left arm.  As far as I know, everything went well.  My arm has been in a cast since then for the past two weeks.  Luckily, I didn't have too much pain although I was very tired for the first week after the surgery.  I suppose my body was trying to heal.  Today, I went in and had a new cast put on since the old one was getting loose as the swelling went down.  The cast will be coming off on May 16 at which time I will have a splint which restricts the movement as the tendons stretch and heal in their new positions for a few more weeks after that combined with some therapy to retrain my brain to activate the muscles for the desired result.

 

I will have to see what the results are like on the left arm, and then I may look at having them also on my right arm.  I'm still scheduled to go out to Cleveland this summer to have 12 channel experimental implant procedure done which will give me a sort of artificial, rudimentary hand grasp.  There's more information about this procedure on my web site.

 

I tried to shoot some video or have pictures taken when they were doing the surgery to share with everyone, but the doctors weren't very keen on that idea!  I'm sure it's a liability concern of having things photographically documented in case something didn't work out!  Chuckle!

 

Mark