I've been researching my symptoms online and I came across this site and I feel compelled to write in the hopes of getting more input to help make up the decision for carpal tunnel surgery. Three 1/2 months ago I went off work on disability leave (Stress) but I also had slight pain in my right and left wrist, which I thought may be the start of carpal tunnel. My right wrist only hurt for about three days. My left about a week of so. After being off work for about a week my wrists got better. Than I injured my right side of my body. For two days, I could hardly move my whole right arm, from my shoulder to my fingers. Most the pain went away except now my wrist would pop out of place. I would have to pop it back into place. It hurts after popping so many times. My primary doctor sent me to an orthopedic doctor and a neurologist. He said it was tendonitis. I had my right wrist in a splint for two months until the orthopedic doctor told me to stop wearing it. The neurologist said it was negative for carpal tunnel with nerve issue at my right side of neck only(I think thats just my scoliosis). The orthopedic doctor gave me an MRI. Findings normal except ganglion cyst at distal part of scaphoid 7mm (can't see from visible eye). I read alot about it and thought maybe that was in the way and why my bone would not stay in place but nothing I read online said anything about cyst causing popping. Then my forearm started popping. Now I'm just so confused because the new ortho doctor I got said it's carpal tunnel but he couldn't explain about the popping and wouldn't you know it, everytime I'm at the doctor's office my wrist and forearm doesn't pop but they pop all the other times! My forearm pop hurts the worse (a harder pop like my muscles popped or something). I just have a feeling the popping is from tendons and that I may have slight carpal tunnel but surgery won't relieve the popping.
Any information on the matter would be so so appreciated.