Well....its been a little over a week since the procedure and the night pain is gone from my right hand and arm .They were able to do an endoscopic tunnel release instead of lacing the palm of my hand wide open .I have a small 1/2 to 5/8 incision on my wrist but I have some gnarly bruising in the palm of my hand and wrist area.The stitches came out yesterday.It is extremely sore but that is to be expected.The Doc said to start out by massaging the wrist and palm of my hand daily and than we will start some physical therapy soon.I am gonna go ahead and do surgery on the left hand in 3 weeks and I should be back up and playing in no time.In the meantime, I'm gonna be focusing my musical energy on blowin some mean harp and vocals instead of playing guitar.
I will keep all posted on the progress in the next coming weeks for anybody else that is interested in the end results or may be considering this same procedure and suffering like I was.So far...I am happy with not having the gnarly pain I was experiencing,especially the numbing at nightime that would wake me up.I am still dealing with the left hand pain but that will be resolved soon.It was wearing on me hard and taking its toll both physically and mentally on me .I wouldn't wish that on anybody...except those that I hate ...J/K Really happy with the results so far.
Peace be to all and Happy New Year everyone!
Eric

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1990 Fender Red Knob - "The Twin"
1992 Fender Newporter - Acoustic
2000 Fender American Series Strat - Natural ash
2010 Fender Mustang 1
2011 Fender Blacktop Jazzmaster -Sunburst
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Eric, sounds like you are on the mend, thank you for the update, Chicago mojo coming your way still and hoping the next surgical procedure is good too. Hope you had a wonderful Christmas and wishing you a Happy New Year!

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you can save the world with your guitar one love song at a time it's just better, more fun, easier with a fender solid body electric guitar or electric bass guitar.

Glad to see everything going as expected, wish you a full recovery and a Happy New Year.
Claude.

Great News. Glad to see your happy with the results. Your positive attitude will go along way to getting you back blistering that fretboard......... Mike

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The blues ain't nothin but a good man feelin bad.

Good to hear your on the mend scarleg, always loved the harmonica / harp, thought about giving it a go, the lack of a sound proof practice room a problem though, for the missus that is

good to hear scarleg, take the physio very seriously. i didn't in the early days as i didn't understand what the consequences would be, and now i'm paying for it. keep us updated, and again take your rehab seriously

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riley

eric

good news to hear bro. it would be interesting to hear a blow by blow
of how it all went down for those thinking of getting the surgery themselves.

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"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."

You have gotten over the hard part,making up your mind to have it done and that part is pretty scary.
Much MOJO and a Happy New Year !

See to it that what you do with your hands using that 'harp' is consistent with your therapy.

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"Another day in paradise!"

Glad to hear that everything went well Eric,of course you know that when you get in playing shape it's essential to buy a new guitar to celebrate.Happy New Year to you and your family.

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Good to hear things went well. Healing is easier when you have a desire to do something like playing a guitar. Excellent therapy for hand, arm, shoulder recuperation!! Good luck with it. Oh, and your attitude has got to be a big plus too!

Cheers,
Gridlok