I did an unscheduled self administered carpal tunnel type surgery a year and a half ago. After the REAL surgery, ( to repair the 6 severed tendons, severed ulnar nerve and severed main artery) I was given a prescription for pain killers that I filled but never had to take any. While I never needed any pain killers, the down side is that I still have no feeling in the outside of my left hand (other than a tingling and electric shocks whenever it touched anything).

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