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Going through surgery was my last resort and 2 weeks after the surgery, I did in fact have a significant improvement. I was finally happy and was anticipating a painfree hand. However, at my 2 week post-op visit, I got my stitches removed and soon things began to get worse. A few days later, I started noticing a bump and pain along my thumb and wrist. I didn’t think much of it until it began to progressively get worse. Today, I saw my doctor for what looks like tremendous amount of swelling and hardening around the incision site. I have limited flexibility due to the hardening and tightening of my tissues. I can feel the resistance when I try to move my thumb. Once again I am in excruciating pain. The doctor said it was due to scarred tissue and is often caused when the injury does not heal properly. This is called the “peak effect”. In my case, the post surgical healing process is causing the internal scarring of the soft tissues. I have been prescribed another regimen of oral steroids to get the inflammation in control and to aid faster recovery. Let us hope this works. If it does not, I have to prepare myself for yet another steroidal injection that will be administered directly into my scarred tissue. There is no guarantee that it will completely heal. I may need weeks of physical therapy, which I am not looking forward to. I am going to try to stay optimistic although it is difficult when your hand is stubborn and does not want to heal. I hope that this so called “peak effect” will subside soon. I don’t want to train myself to live with pain. Never…