Starting to feel real now the pre op for the Right dominant hand is booked in for 15th Jan. Though it could be up to another 12 weeks, I’m sure time will fly by so fast regardless. Especially as Jan is packed full of hospital appointments, as the hip is having its own issues too.

Wonder how different the recoveries between the 2 hands will be? Especially as they are completely different surgeries too.

My friend on tiktok, has just had her dominant hand done same joint replacement I’m due to have too, and she said she wished she had practiced doing things solely with her left hand first, as even scrolling on the phone was difficult. So that is an excellent tip, so this week I’m going to start trying to use the left solely, to give myself a heads start and practice in.

My main things are typing messages, and blog posts. Brushing teeth, brushing my hair (that’s going to really hard) and phone scrolling. I think my phone actually has a one hand setting which will help too.

The CMC joint bone is sticking out and it often bruises now, I’ve took to wearing a brace often again. I forgot to ask about the dislocation rates in thumbs, something I am frightened of.