Playing golf after a distal radioulnar joint reconstruction - question for anyone w/an ortho background.

[cougar978]

I have an appointment with an ortho doctor this afternoon and chances are he's going to tell me I need DRUJ reconstruction at some point.  He did an x-ray two months ago and said I had DRUJ instability and a clear separation between the end of the ulna and the wrist joint (in 1999, I had a comminuted radial fracture that required 4 pins and some other various hardware).  Since 2006, I started taking golf seriously again, and got my handicap down to near scratch last summer.  This year, I have had a lot of pain issues in my wrist, and although it has always looked kind of deformed since I messed it up, it looks like the ulna is sticking out further than usual.

Has anyone here had DRUJ reconstruction where they remove the head of the ulna and replace it with a steel rod?    If so, does the pain go away after they put it back together correctly?

[cougar978]

Well, just got back and the guy said that I need to have an ulnar resection (they saw off the ulnar styoid (the head of the bone) and replace it with a metal rod).  Good thing is he said it can wait until the fall because there's no risk of further damage if I put it off (only have to deal with the pain and bone being out of joint from time to time).  I've been looking forward to golf all winter long, playing in crap conditions, and I want to play in the summer.  I don't care if I play like shit or if I'm in pain.

Best I've put up this year is a 70, and I've been closer to and above 80 more times than I'd care to remember (or admit in public).  If ANYONE here has had this procedure done, please PM me or respond on the forum and let me know what I can expect after surgery.  Thank you.