After speaking to a few people on the Facebook basal thumb group found here, I realized maybe it was a blip, and the sudden pain returning may not stay. And it didn’t!! 🎊🎉

So grateful to the group who really settled my nerves and made me more confident moving into a surgery mindset. So much so I rang the secretary and even though admissions last month said there was a huge waiting list for an appointment, and I had to wait. This secretary said I wasn’t on the automatic appointment list which I should have been, and she instead booked me in for 7th Sept and I’m so relieved.

I can reach the pinky with the thumbs now, and make a fist without pain. So this is a huge improvement. Trying to be consistent with exercises to keep the hands gliding and moving while I can. As I have lost a lot of muscle mass in the thumb pads.

Even managed to go hiking, and wild camping last Thursday so I’m grateful the pain seems to have subsided for now. Roll on Sept 7th for fresh x-rays and hopefully getting on the surgery wait list