now that I have carpal tunnel is my life completely fucked?
No. There are surgeries you can get to correct it. I'm getting physical therapy for my carpal tunnel, actually. (They couldn't figure out my MRI results so they did a differential diagnosis for carpal tunnel.).
You didn't talk to your orthopedist about treatment options?
>>16758723
No, you can still do pretty much everything you want. And if you can't, just get surgery.
>>16758734
No, I asked for a referral from my doc WEEKS ago and I haven't gotten a message even tho they said they went through with it. They've just been letting my hands degenerate for months and months on end, actually.