DEAR DR. GOTT:
I am a 61-year-old male in very good health. I take Zoloft and a multi-vitamin daily.
Four months ago I was in an auto accident and suffered a crush injury to my right (dominant) hand and forearm. I was pinned to the ground by a car. The two bones in my forearm had compound fractures that were repaired surgically. I also suffered from skin and tissue loss that required skin grafting from my palm to the underside of my wrist.
Following the accident and corrective surgeries I had no feeling in four of my fingers (my pinky finger was spared). Seven weeks after the accident the median nerve was released.
I have been in physical therapy since that time and have had only modest improvement in function, even less improvement with regard to pain and no recovery feeling in the fingers. [Read more...]