“...does that make sense?”
Not to me, but he’s the doc and would know what he’s doing. But since you’ve gone to him with the problem, and he’s diagnosed CTS, then if he suggests CT surgery, you should follow his advice.
You’ve made me curious about this, though, so wondering — did he say what causes the process to be interrupted — and what causes it to go the other way? Does he think you may have a worse case of CTS than the usual and that’s causing the interruption?
Maybe he was trying to explain referred pain. That would make sense to me. Although, I still can’t picture the interruption and reversing direction he’s describing.
Maybe a freeper in the medical field can help us understand. :)
You could be right in that it is “referred pain”. It was explained that the signal goes towards the wrist and when it can’t continue, it will affect the upper arm area. My memory is really bad anymore and I’m afraid I can’t remember exactly what they said. I know they said that this is capable of affecting the strength in my arm and causing me pain there too. I have to admit, this confuses me and I think I need to get a recorder so I can record what is said so I can remember it better! They said that both sides were equal...that the problem was just as bad in both hands and that since the right hand was bothering mme more, I should try to care for that one first. I want to try non surgical options first only because the back surgery has jaded me on surgeries...