Seeing the light at the end of my Carpal Tunnel

I can't remember exactly when it started.  In 2005, I was diagnosed as having cervical myalgia due to cervical fusion and spinal stenosis which required me to undergo rehabilitation at Manila Doctors Hospital.  A few years after, I transferred location but continued with the PT sessions.  Then when I had a check up with another rehab doctor, I was diagnosed with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS).  This is not a good thing, given that my job required me to create ad materials, brochures and events-whatchamacallits.  Changed career and went to banking operations.  Less strain on my hands, particularly the right hand.  However, it was already too late since based on my last EMG-NCV, the CTS has progressed and physical therapy is no longer applicable to my condition.  It is either I wear a splint for a lifetime or have a CTS Release Surgery.  My doctor also warned me of muscle wasting which may lead to the thumb being useless. It was a no-brainer decision, surgery it is! I'd rather have a miniscule operation scar on my hands than having useless hands.

So on January 7, 2011, I had my CTS Release Surgery under location anesthesia at Manila Doctors Hospital with Dr. Agbayani Jr.  Both hands are affected but my right hand will be operated first because it's condition is more grave than the left hand. First, I was prepped then anesthesized then sliced and tendons cut-off.  My travel time from the South to Manila Doctors and my stay at the patient's waiting room area was even longer than the time it took for the actual operation.  My left hand was bound in a soft material and bandage-wrap.