Actually, it's not as jolly as the title suggests... Still.

It's not 100% confirmed yet, but my mother has had this illness twice and she thinks it's been passed onto me via genetics. I have all the symptoms and will be inquiring next time I go to the doctors.

Soo. Anybody else had this problem? The only way to fully cure it is surgery, which my mother has had in both her wrists twice. I'm only infected in my left hand, which sucks, because I use my left hand for most of my hobbies... Uh, I sew and make cards... paint and write. You get it.

Anyway, here's a wiki quote to tell you the basis of what it is. It's accurate enough.

Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) or median neuropathy at the wrist is a medical condition in which the median nerve is compressed at the wrist, leading to pain, paresthesias, and muscle weakness in the forearm and hand.[1] A form of compressive neuropathy, CTS is more common in women than it is in men and has a peak incidence around age 42, though it can occur at any age.[2] The lifetime risk for CTS is around 10% of the adult population.[3].
That pretty much means that it causes a great deal of pain in the wrist and bottom of the hand and causes a pins and needles type of sensation in the index and two middle fingers. It hurts like a bitch if you bend your hand and wrist too much.

Anybody else had this? Who's been in for surgery for this?

I'm not worried about surgery, I'd just rather not have to take anymore types of painkillers. I'm hoping if I have it, my doctor will tell me the ones I already take are enough to stave off the pain of the operated area. It's the stitches that annoy me. Can't help but pick at those types of things just because it's uncomfortable. I've heard casts are availble for people like that, though.



Oh, here are some pictures of whereabouts Carpal Tunnel is and where they may need to treat it in some people... Uh, I wouldn't click some of these if you're squeamish, as some of these are the process of the actual surgery.

http://www.pdftutorials.com/articles...s/image003.jpg
http://www.wheelessonline.com/images/i1/ects9.jpg
http://www.wheelessonline.com/image6/cts2.jpg
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1278/...7e40319b_o.jpg
http://www.carpal-tunnel-symptoms.co...urgeryscar.jpg
http://www.personal.usyd.edu.au/~zie...cs/antcar1.jpg