Years ago, i had those symptoms when i had a stress test, and the IV on the back of my hand was badly placed and damaged a nerve. Even with a peripheral nerve, it took something like a year to heal.
Good luck, but think about what you can do to protect yourself from that stuff.
Good news and a nice syrup harvest. Congratulations!
Hey, a go go girl! Gotta love that!!
Best of luck!
I had a big foot/leg cramp start to hit yesterday. Thinking of your post, I grabbed onto the piano for stability, which was fortuitous, because the cramp turned out to be a whopper, and then realized that had I not, i would have ended up on the floor as well. So thanks for letting your misfortune be a learning experience for others!
At least I can serve as an example of what not to do
Glad to hear the news was not worse.
Nerves take forever to heal… when they do so at all.
Take care - we care about you.
Thanks, it is gratifying to receive the good wishes of so many. This community is important to me, I’ve been a member here nearly 26 years. And a lot of you folks are special to me too. We’ve been yammering away together about life, the universe and everything for quite some time now, and it feels like family. For better and worse, lol. Just like any family. Only better because you can mute some folks here. 
Yes, please do. You are a friend, Qadgop, and I owe you another lunch soon. 
Glad you’ve gotten some clear answers and have a plan. Keep doing great and no more face planting. Please
More best wishes and hopes from us here.
Can you tap black walnut trees, too? And do you need a harsh MI winter, or would they still have a sap flow in the milder TN climates?
Glad the physical ailments are getting better. Slow and steady.
StG
Thanks for the update and I hope you get the relief you need!
Sure, my tree is a black walnut. And you don’t need harsh winters, you just need a decent number of days in a row where the nighttime temperature is below freezing and the daytime temperature is above freezing. Then trees like maples, box elders, sycamores, walnuts, birch, alder, butternut, heartnut, linden, and a few others will have tappable sap.
What does the walnut syrup taste like?
Do us all a favor, and write this letter to the NEJM. Too many doctors need to read it.
So glad you are recovering, and that the injuries were not debilitating. Hang in there!
It’s rather a mellow flavor, reminding me of butterscotch, yet not exactly like it. It’s less assertive than maple, and pairs nicely with cheesecake or a nice premium vanilla ice cream (like Kirkland) or other more subtly flavored foodstuffs. It does get overwhelmed by pairing with strong flavors. It also tastes nothing like walnuts, and it’s anecdotally reported that people with walnut allergies can have walnut syrup as it contains no nut proteins. But don’t bet your life on that without checking with your allergist.
Too many doctors really never become empathetic until/unless they experience it for themselves. We do try to sympathize with our patients, but sympathy wears thin faster than empathy, IMHO.
I am much more empathetic now that I’ve had a heart attack, long term diabetes complications, BPH, severe arthritic degeneration in bones and joints, radiation and hormonal therapy for cancer, and falls causing bony fractures and traumatic spinal cord injuries. Of course, now I’m retired so that empathy doesn’t get deployed on patients. But I can now empathize to beat the band with family, friends, and neighbors. Regular organ recitals occur almost daily!
in context, that sentence didn’t go where I expected 
Unless an “organ recital” is medical industry slang for folks’ complaining about each and every one of their ailing components, thereby reciting an inventory of their organs.
Ah, I just read this thread. So sorry, Qadgop. But glad to hear things are moving in the right direction at least and surgery isn’t immediately necessary.
One thing (well, one of too goddamned many) I’m not to pleased about with aging is the loss of stability. I’m only in my late 50’s, but it’s definitely going and nasty consequences to formerly minor spills are just so much more likely these days. I stumbled on a hillside trail the other day in the stupidest way (stepped into the teensy little ditch) and managed to just catch myself in time, but if I hadn’t a broken ankle and broken camera might have been the best I could have hoped for. A pitch down the slope into assorted fallen trees would have been nasty.
Meanwhile my father took a spill in a parking lot several months back that in addition to some stitches on his head crushed a fingertip badly enough it needed to be amputated. It’s “fully healed” but he now can’t really touch or brush it against anything the wrong way without getting an electroshock of pain. Better than a split skull to be sure - have to grateful for small mercies. But man, declining balance and reaction time is a bitch.
Anyway, I hope your pain continues to recede. Tough is good, but not having to be tough is always better 
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In these parts, ‘organ recital’ is what we call getting together with our fellow seniors and complaining about all our bodily failings. The young 'uns get tired of hearing about it quicker than my boomer peers, who are usually more than ready to participate in the recital. We all get our chance for a solo performance at these events.