Scapholunate Ligament Reconstruction

[clumsygirl]

Hey there, I'm a new member and I saw this thread. I fell and broke my scaphoid last april and didnt realise, so it was untreated for 12 weeks. Then I fell again in february this year on the ice and ended up in a cast (though luckily it turned out not to be broke again). After 2 MRIs and a op to have a look inside the wrist, Ive been given the option to have a further one to graft tendon over, which sounds very similar to the one being discussed in this thread.

The reason why i'm posting, is that my job is a boom operator for tv. Its quite a physical, and whilst doing my job, my wrist gets bent back (like when you do a pressup). The pole that I hold gets heavy after a few takes, and I still have to maintain mobility to adjust it. What do people think I can expect from the op? Will I be able to do my job again? I noticed a loss of mobility was mentioned. (currently not doing that part of my job, as my physio told me if I carried on with the amount of work I do, I'd get arthritis in my wrist early). Would it be worth me having the op?

I'm still getting pain in my wrist, but not that often (think its due to me avoiding things that i know will hurt)

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

thanks

[jackjack]

Hey!

Just for your info, i'm a fire fighter so like you I need my hands to do my job.

Currently, I cannot do a press up with my hand bent back, it simply doesn't go back enough to do one comfortably. When i've tried my arm isn't as vertical as my other arm due to the loss of backward motion of the hand. However, my hand does go back to around 2/3rd's of full motion, so when I lift heavy objects above my head, for instance ladders, my hand is not as bent back as it used to be, which makes it slightly harder to lift things, but as the hand is as far back as it will go you adapt to it.

What i'm trying to say is, normally your natural hand position for your job will be fully bent back, after the op you may not have as much as you had before, but what you are left with will be your NEW natural motion and you will get used to it and adapt how you do things slightly.

Not everyone loses motion, some keep the same motion or lose just a little, some on the other hand lose alot... (i'm the latter hehe )

Jack

[clumsygirl]

cheers

i'm off to see a consultant later on this month, i just hope something can get sorted, as its possibly altering my whole career.

Ands