Edward, By all means have the surgery. I had the same surgery and just after the results were wonderful, I had full recovery. One side affect - if I touch the right side of the scar, I feel it on the left and the opposite also happens. Good Luck, Richard Callard -----Original Message----- From: Edward Harding [mailto:eharding2@cox.net] Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 8:23 AM To: CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [CIVIL-WAR] Wounded In Action.....AGAIN Hi List, After having elbow surgery in August and being "wounded in action" for a while, I thought I was on the road to a good recovery, but due to Hurricane Isabel coming a couple of months ago, I had to do some things I shouldn't have done to get ready, which set me back about a month as far as recovery time. While doing some of these things, it seems I messed up a major nerve in my arm. I saw a neurologist last week and had an EMG done, and learned just what I did. The outer portion of my right hand, pinkie finger, and right ring finger tend to fall asleep and stay numb for a long time, and it's made it hard to type, plus I'm also pretty clumsy now and dropping things. The nerve has not suffered major damage yet, but if not surgically repaired and repositioned, it will happen. So, after the first part of December (when I'll have more surgery), I'll be "wounded in action" again, as Alice called it last time. I'm trying to do all the lookups I can for people now, but I'm just ! a bit slow. So, I hope y'all with bear with me and my tardiness should anyone write to ask about any information I can help with. I hear Mary Frank is doing fairly well after her recent surgery, and she's been most appreciative to hear from everyone who has written. Her daughter, Elizabeth, has been sending out some updates on her condition. If anyone would like to send her their best wishes on a speedy recovery, you can email her at maryfrank@the-i.net On a better note, I just received the most beautiful collector's plate that saw advertised by the Bradford Exchange. The name of the plate is "Pride of the South," and is the first issue in the "Leaders of the Confederacy" collection by John Paul Strain. Being Southern, I just had to have this, and I'm looking forward to collecting the entire series of these plates. I hope all of you are doing well, and as always, if I can ever be of any help to anyone, especially regarding Confederate soldiers from North Carolina, please let me know. I'm always glad to help anyone I can. Edward ==== CIVIL-WAR Mailing List ==== To search our list archives since 1996, go to http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl and enter Civil-War in the list name --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Surfside Internet]