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Posted: 20 March 2008 at 8:05pm | IP Logged

When I was at the doctors, I asked her to take a look at my right hand.  I was born with deformed fingers - the tendons are too short in each of my fingers, so I cannot straighten them, which does cause pain and is now starting to effect my typing - and ultimately my job.

My little finger is now starting to curl up and its starting to resemble a claw.  I am also losing the function of this finger - which is murder when I'm trying to type!!

Anyhoo, the look of horror on her face when she saw them.  When she asked how long they had been like that - and I had said since birth, she then asked if I had been to see about it before.  I had, when I was in my early teens, but then the surgeon said that surgery would do more harm than good and I should just leave well alone.

However, she didnt seem convinced and asked me to give her a week or so to dig out my old notes to see who I saw and to make some enquiries to whether surgery would be the option now.

Not what I was expecting - only wanted some more ibuprofen gel to rub on them!!!!

Posted: 20 March 2008 at 10:04pm | IP Logged

Its a nightmare isnt it - I have had on going problems with my wrist but was told after 2 operations they would never treat it again. Mentioned it in passing after years of jip with it and all of a sudden they are concenred about it!

I just hope they can sort it for you babe - you have enough going wrong so it would be lovely for you to get something 'fixed'!

Good luck!

Posted: 20 March 2008 at 11:09pm | IP Logged

Oh must be a wierd feeling knowing something could possibly be fixed and sorted out. I hope this new bod that you get sent too see can offer you something positive and some reasurance about what could be done for you hun.

Big hugs but hopefully this will have a positive out come... x take care hun x

Posted: 21 March 2008 at 11:48am | IP Logged

A friend of my family has just had an operation to correct her little finger as it had turned inwards touching her palm, but she is 70 and it was a gradual thing... slowly getting worse, not like you who's had this since birth.
She also had an operation a couple of years ago on her other hand for the same thing, but that op wasnt successful and her finger is still the same!

I hope that if surgery is an option for you now, that it will help you regain full use of your fingers.
x-x-x

Posted: 21 March 2008 at 3:46pm | IP Logged

 Oh I hope they can do something to help you Nikki xxx