i was just sitting here, after dinner, dozing, and a sudden, strange, poking sensation just above my right thumbnail manifested. like two ants doing a pair of coordinated pirouettes in that spot. *dink* *dink*
and with that, as if a switch had been flipped, feeling (touch) sensation was restored to a broad swathe of skin stretching up the inside of my thumb and along the soft part of the outside of my thumb. its not painful at all, just a bit tingly then as if completely normal.
is that how nerves work?
as an outcome of my major surgery, the extraction of flesh from my right forearm had removed or damaged some nerves leading to my thumb, so since then my entire thumb has been numb and with some limits on full movement too. this sudden development doesnt restore everything. . . a little more than half is still missing. but its interesting and weird and hopeful how a large area of sensation "pops" back like that.