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Pretty sure I have carpal tunnel in my left wrist. Anyone with - lil
Posted: Dec 11, 2012
experience on turning this in with M-Modal. Will they pay for surgery and then fire me? This is considered work-related, correct?
carpal tunnel - recentlyoutsourced
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I don't work for M-Modal but did have both of my wrists operated on for carpal tunnel. I didn't claim worker's comp on mine; had VERY GOOD benefits with the hospital I worked at and surgery was basically free. I do, however, recommend the surgery. Fixed my numb fingers! If you can, have it done endoscopically; quicker recovery time.
and it seems to be worse with ASR - sm
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I tend to rest my wrists in a more flexed position...
sore wrists too - :)
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