image from OrthoBullets Follow-up to my blog of Oct 24, 2017, "What the Hell is Cubital Tunnel Syndrome" Some days it is better, some days not so much. Overall, there seems to be improvement, but it is not ‘all better’. In response to the question, “At the end of all this will I be able to go back to doing things the way I used to?” the short answer might be, “No”. I will need to adopt some accommodating behavior as a life style change, or have surgery. Since this involves my right hand and arm…

My elbow pads (cut so they won't press on the nerve at night), and my gel packs The last few weeks have been part of the year I have called “The Year of New Normals”. To make a long story short, numbness I have been feeling in my little finger and the side of my ring finger in my right hand for over a month was diagnosed as cubital tunnel syndrome. This means that the nerve going through my elbow in the area we call the funnybone has been irritated; it's similar to carpal tunnel syndrome, excep…