Im after some advice.
I went to the doctors on Tuesday who advised me that I am suffering with carpal tunnel syndrome, and referred me to the hosp for a wrist splint, as it is causing me quite a lot of pain.
I picked up the splint today, and was wearing it this morn (as the hosp told me to try it in the day to see if it helps), however I found that it seemed to cut off circulation to my hand. Ive taken it off, and am quite concerned about my arm. It was very red and swollen where the splint had been tight. My arm put me in mind of when I had a cellulitus infection a few years back.
I rang my doc to make an appointment but they had emergency only appointments, so I booked one. Now Im worried that Im going to be wasting the doctors time, and that he will tell me that its just the carpal tunnel and fluid retention. But Im not convinced. The loss of feeling in my hand is really starting to concern me, and its painful, and really uncomfortable, like I have elastic bands around my hand. Im only 32 weeks gone, so another 8 weeks of further loss of feeling- I wont be able to cope, especially since I work in an office using a computer all day. Its got much worse since I whacked my elbow on Wednesday, it was just at night times, and sometimes Id lose feeling in my middle finger during the day. But Ive noticed a swollen area on my forearm, and now Ive no sensation in my thumb, index and middle finger all day.
If I have to stop work because of this (Im useless if I can use my hands in an office) theyll start my maternity leave early, which sucks.
Do you think Im right going to the doc, using an emergency app? Or does it just sound like typical carpal tunnel?
Help!
I went to the doctors on Tuesday who advised me that I am suffering with carpal tunnel syndrome, and referred me to the hosp for a wrist splint, as it is causing me quite a lot of pain.
I picked up the splint today, and was wearing it this morn (as the hosp told me to try it in the day to see if it helps), however I found that it seemed to cut off circulation to my hand. Ive taken it off, and am quite concerned about my arm. It was very red and swollen where the splint had been tight. My arm put me in mind of when I had a cellulitus infection a few years back.
I rang my doc to make an appointment but they had emergency only appointments, so I booked one. Now Im worried that Im going to be wasting the doctors time, and that he will tell me that its just the carpal tunnel and fluid retention. But Im not convinced. The loss of feeling in my hand is really starting to concern me, and its painful, and really uncomfortable, like I have elastic bands around my hand. Im only 32 weeks gone, so another 8 weeks of further loss of feeling- I wont be able to cope, especially since I work in an office using a computer all day. Its got much worse since I whacked my elbow on Wednesday, it was just at night times, and sometimes Id lose feeling in my middle finger during the day. But Ive noticed a swollen area on my forearm, and now Ive no sensation in my thumb, index and middle finger all day.
If I have to stop work because of this (Im useless if I can use my hands in an office) theyll start my maternity leave early, which sucks.
Do you think Im right going to the doc, using an emergency app? Or does it just sound like typical carpal tunnel?
Help!
