Having Wrists Pinned really worried i wont cope!!

kazzer

Hi in need of some reasurance about copeing can anyone help.

Im 39 i have Rhumatoid Arthritis, i have two children 2 & 6 im concidering having my wrists pinned and im worried this might not be a good move. My arthritis is really active at the moment so very painful, spoke to my consultant & the procedure has a very good succsess rate.
But its not till you get home and think about things all these questions pop into my head. Was wondering has anybody had this procedure done & how did they cope after!

Please Help!!!

frogmorton

Hi Kazzer
Sorry I can't really help as I've not had this procedure myself, but wonder if you could pop this post onto the 'living with arthritis' forum as some of those people may have had it done?
Hope all goes well for you
Take care
Toni x

oneday

good luck....have u triedinternet searches?

glitterbug

kazzer wrote:

Hi in need of some reasurance about copeing can anyone help.

Im 39 i have Rhumatoid Arthritis, i have two children 2 & 6 im concidering having my wrists pinned and im worried this might not be a good move. My arthritis is really active at the moment so very painful, spoke to my consultant & the procedure has a very good succsess rate.
But its not till you get home and think about things all these questions pop into my head. Was wondering has anybody had this procedure done & how did they cope after!

Please Help!!!

Hi there!

I'm 30 and had my right wrist pinned about 8 years ago now. The procedure was fairly straightforward and i'm more or less painfree now. It was hard work after as you have to be in plaster for a few months, so I can imagine with 2 young children this could be an issue. You also have to be careful after the plaster comes off carrying anything too heavy. I would definitely recommend it for pain though! I don't find myself not being able to do things really. I can even lift my 3 year old neice now. It can become a little achey if you lift anything heavy but that soon goes.

Hope that's helped a little,

Jo

kazzer

oneday wrote:

good luck....have u triedinternet searches?

Thankyou for your message No i haven't but will thankyou once again

kazzer

Thankyou very much jo for your message its helped thankyou oce again

Hi there!

I'm 30 and had my right wrist pinned about 8 years ago now. The procedure was fairly straightforward and i'm more or less painfree now. It was hard work after as you have to be in plaster for a few months, so I can imagine with 2 young children this could be an issue. You also have to be careful after the plaster comes off carrying anything too heavy. I would definitely recommend it for pain though! I don't find myself not being able to do things really. I can even lift my 3 year old neice now. It can become a little achey if you lift anything heavy but that soon goes.

Hope that's helped a little,

Jo[/quote]

lindalegs

Hi Kazzer,

My wrisits have set theirselves and not in a good position :shock: even though I used night splints and followed the physio's exercises, they have set with a slight droop and are beyond any help now :shock: although I can still do alot of things.

When a surgeon does it he fixes them in the most functional way possible so that you'll get the most from them. My friend had both his wrists pinned and he still drives and is totally independent - so his were a great success. I think you have to weigh up whether you can continue with the pain and see how things go, which is what I did, or whether to go for the operation.

Don't suppose this helps much but felt I ought to chip in.

Luv Legs

mandy_b1967

Hi I too have to make this disision as I have OA but at the moment its for just my left wrist. I am also very worried as to how I will be able to cope doing things. I didnt think of any questions when I was first told that I should have this op done but I now have written down all my questions (so many) for when i see the surgeon next month. I am a single parent the kids are not babies and can help out at home but they are teenagers and sometimes its easier to just do it yourself rather than "wait a minute"!!

I am still not sure if I will go ahead with this as I had a diagnosis and told that my wrist needs fusing in the same consultation its been alot to deal with. But I have until the 10th Feb when I see the surgeon again.

Good luck with whatever you decide to do.