Remember Me? Supratentorial Origin

[thelewisgang]

hello everyone. some of you might remember me posting last year. I had finger problems & the specialist hinted (well, stated in his letter) that this might be of Supratentorial origin. Well, after I had the surgery & lots & lots of physio, my hand/fingers were progressing well until January this year. On two occasions the middle & ring fingers went black on two separate occasions & then a few days later the same two fingers (and the same that I had previously had surgery on) locked down again early in February. I have been like this since! I have seen the consultants in the hand clinic & they were baffled especially when I showed them a picture of my black fingers. I then had to wait to see the specialist who operated & he decided to request an MRI scan to find out exactly what is going on in there. I had this 10 days ago & awaiting an appt to come through to see him again but the letter he wrote to my GP once again said he still thought this could be a supratentorial problem so not happy! I am popping two links below & hope they work. First one - my fingers locked down & unable to straighten & second one: my fingers when they went black for the second time in January this year.

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http://i39.servimg.com/u/f39/18/72/39/48/black_10.jpg

[pixie373]

Lol! Most kind, thank you. Late night "supra-tutorials" perhaps....x

[thelewisgang]

I actually asked one of the consultants if the blackness was Raynaud's but he said no. How he came to that decision I do not know. Strangely enough, I had Dupuytren's Contracture on my other hand about 25 years ago & had surgery. Not had a bit of trouble with that since, thank goodness. My palm is very bumpy & I have considerable swelling on the back of my knuckles too. I guess it is going to be a case of waiting for the MRI scan result - If I do not hear about an apt shortly then I will start chasing it. I will post back to let you kind people know....eventually

[thelewisgang]

just wanted to add this. On Thursday, 5th June, I had to undergo a minor op to remove a lump. I had general anaesthetic and when I returned to earth from this, one of the first things I looked at was my left hand to see if my fingers were straight...nope, they were not. Just wish they would hurry up with my MRI result apt x