u/Purple_Cactus8017

I had my decompression surgery almost three weeks ago and so far, the tingling/numbness in my ring and pinky fingers, the aching feeling in my arm below the elbow, and the jolts of pain if I bend my elbow too much or too suddenly haven't really changed since the surgery. My doctor said I may not notice an improvement right away and I'm trying to be patient but I'm worried that it's just going to stay like that.

Did any of you have to get a transposition after a simple release didn't work? Thank you in advance!

My mom will sometimes ask me how something went or how I'm doing and if I give her the "I'm good, everything is perfectly fine" answer and make it sound as unexciting as possible and she can tell that it's not the truth, she'll get mad and give me her favorite speech about how I hide things from her and how other people are more important to me than she is. But when I give her an honest answer that I'm not feeling great because of XYZ or that yes, I still feel sick/something still hurts, or whatever the situation may be, she makes it all about herself or turns it into a lecture (usually about how SHE would have known better), or she'll tell me that I'm just want attention when she's the one who brought it up in the first place.

If I give her the "everything is wonderful" version and it actually sounds believable, then I dodge a bullet that time but I hate having to act like someone I'm not in my own house 😔