Marcia Selsor on wed 19 jan 00
I had ganglion surgery in 1979 prior to bilateral carpal tunnel surgery
in '84. My hand was so bad I couldn't lift a glass of water. The
ganglion had ruptured after I had unbricked a hard brick kiln door and
was unloading kiln shelves. You are the first potter related person I
have heard mention it. Is it a common ailment?
Marcia Selsor
Jancy Jaslow wrote:
>
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> John Rodgers queried my carpal tunnel incision (just a mite pink now, still
> tender, and the hand is weak), which follows one of the vertical lines in my
> palm.
>
> I consulted two orthopedic surgeons. I felt they were both straightforward
> with me, and I explained, in a gentle but clear way, that I did not wish the
> outcome I had experienced with a local "hand expert" two years ago when I had
> ganglion surgery: I was incapacitated for a long time, and I have a complex
> scar that looks like I ran my hand through a window, from elective surgery!
> One of the orthopods had had carpal tunnel surgery ... on each hand (done by
> the "hand expert"). I heard about the two-incision method, but his feeling
> was that some patients complained afterward, with that method (he implied,
> complications or dissatisfaction) and nothing of consequence had transpired
> when he had used the single incision. He had single incisions on each of his
> palms.
>
> As an aside, he said, in his opinion, stitches were sometimes left in too
> long, and could contribute to the noticeability of a scar (which was a
> practice of the 'hand expert'. My consulting surgeon took his own stitches
> out after his own second surgery, because he felt the other guy waited too
> long). I was also advised to massage, gently, the scar area, with the goo
> from a Vitamin E capsule....to keep the skin supple as it heals.
>
> I am not an MD, so if some of my 'hearsay' testimony sounds suspect, ask your
> surgeon!
>
> My surgery was done on 12/10. The least comfortable part(s) were the
> anesthetic injection, and the tourniquet... and I thought my fingers were
> numb before! I am working on my flexibility, and would be much happier if I
> didn't also have tendonitis!
>
> Jancy Jaslow
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Carolynn Palmer on wed 19 jan 00
I have a ganglion cyst in the middle of my palm of my right hand. It is
about the size of a small pea and my doctor says as long as it causes me no
pain or difficulties, just leave it alone. It bothers me not at all, so I am
following his advice.
Someone else told me that an old-time way to get rid of this cyst is to whack
it with something (like a book) and cause it to break and empty under the
skin. Sounds painful to me, so I am leaving it alone. To me, surgery is
always a last resort.
Carolynn Palmer, Somerset Center, Michigan
Jennifer Boyer on wed 19 jan 00
I had a ganglion cyst when I was in my late 20's. It was on the
back of my hand near where the bone leading from the index
finger meets the wrist. My doctor told me it would go away on
it's own and it did. If I wanted to speed things along he said
old timers slapped the thing with a bible......I passed. I had a
friend who had one in exactly the same place as I did.
Jennifer getting so 5 degrees f. feels pretty warm.....
Marcia Selsor wrote:
>
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> I had ganglion surgery in 1979 prior to bilateral carpal tunnel surgery
> in '84. My hand was so bad I couldn't lift a glass of water. The
> ganglion had ruptured after I had unbricked a hard brick kiln door and
> was unloading kiln shelves. You are the first potter related person I
> have heard mention it. Is it a common ailment?
> Marcia Selsor
>
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Thistle Hill Pottery
Vermont USA
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Marcia Selsor on thu 20 jan 00
Yes, I know that treatment. But was yours painful and inhibiting
function of your wrist? Mine appeard /ruptured at one single momoent
when lifting a brick stilt in a wrong position of the hand.
Marcia
Jennifer Boyer wrote:
>
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> I had a ganglion cyst when I was in my late 20's. It was on the
> back of my hand near where the bone leading from the index
> finger meets the wrist. My doctor told me it would go away on
> it's own and it did. If I wanted to speed things along he said
> old timers slapped the thing with a bible......I passed. I had a
> friend who had one in exactly the same place as I did.
> Jennifer getting so 5 degrees f. feels pretty warm.....
>
> Marcia Selsor wrote:
> >
> > ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> > I had ganglion surgery in 1979 prior to bilateral carpal tunnel surgery
> > in '84. My hand was so bad I couldn't lift a glass of water. The
> > ganglion had ruptured after I had unbricked a hard brick kiln door and
> > was unloading kiln shelves. You are the first potter related person I
> > have heard mention it. Is it a common ailment?
> > Marcia Selsor
> >
>
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> Jennifer Boyer jfboyer@sover.net
> Thistle Hill Pottery
> Vermont USA
> http://www.vermontcrafts.com/members/ThistleHill.html
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Steve Yahn on thu 20 jan 00
Hey! I had a ganglion cyst. The orthopedic surgeon gave it a shot with a
hypodermic (hypocystic?) needle. He than massaged the medicine thus injected
for a bit with his fingers and it just melted away. He told me the story
that in the old days these were called BIBLE cysts. It seems that the way to
get rid of them was to hold a big bible so that the spine of the book would
hit the cyst when you chopped down onto the cyst,and burst it.
mine was at the base of my big finger and it was annoying and hurt some. I
recomend the injection operation.
Steve Yahn
At 05:37 PM 01/19/2000 EST, you wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>I have a ganglion cyst in the middle of my palm of my right hand. It is
>about the size of a small pea and my doctor says as long as it causes me no
>pain or difficulties, just leave it alone. It bothers me not at all, so I am
>following his advice.
>
>Someone else told me that an old-time way to get rid of this cyst is to whack
>it with something (like a book) and cause it to break and empty under the
>skin. Sounds painful to me, so I am leaving it alone. To me, surgery is
>always a last resort.
>
>Carolynn Palmer, Somerset Center, Michigan
>
>
Louis Katz on fri 21 jan 00
I had a ganglion cyst somewhere, can't quite remember where. Doc squirted some
cortisone into it and it was gone in a day or two. Probably affected my memory
and spelling though. Ah know I remember it was on the palm side of a finger,
just where the finger might hit the rim of a drum, in fact that is how I
thought I got the thing. Drums should be made out of rubber, not clay.
Louis
Marcia Selsor wrote:
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Yes, I know that treatment. But was yours painful and inhibiting
> function of your wrist? Mine appeard /ruptured at one single momoent
> when lifting a brick stilt in a wrong position of the hand.
> Marcia
>
> Jennifer Boyer wrote:
> >
> > ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> > I had a ganglion cyst when I was in my late 20's. It was on the
> > back of my hand near where the bone leading from the index
> > finger meets the wrist. My doctor told me it would go away on
> > it's own and it did. If I wanted to speed things along he said
> > old timers slapped the thing with a bible......I passed. I had a
> > friend who had one in exactly the same place as I did.
> > Jennifer getting so 5 degrees f. feels pretty warm.....
> >
> > Marcia Selsor wrote:
> > >
> > > ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> > > I had ganglion surgery in 1979 prior to bilateral carpal tunnel surgery
> > > in '84. My hand was so bad I couldn't lift a glass of water. The
> > > ganglion had ruptured after I had unbricked a hard brick kiln door and
> > > was unloading kiln shelves. You are the first potter related person I
> > > have heard mention it. Is it a common ailment?
> > > Marcia Selsor
> > >
> >
> > --
> > ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
> > Jennifer Boyer jfboyer@sover.net
> > Thistle Hill Pottery
> > Vermont USA
> > http://www.vermontcrafts.com/members/ThistleHill.html
> > ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
>
> --
> Marcia Selsor
> selsor@imt.net
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