The middle aged thread

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hoefla

Do extra little bits of bone just appear with middle age? I have an extra small bone in my right wrist which has been causing me some bother in the last couple of years. I'm quite curious whether it's new or it's always been there and just hasn't caused me any trouble in the preceding decades.

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Aldosterone in reply to @hoefla

Short answer- yes, sometimes.
Longer answer is complicated. But there are reasons why some places ossify and others don’t.
As you rightly have decided- if it’s not causing continual problems- risk:benefit of surgery is more risk sided than benefits.

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hoefla in reply to @Aldosterone

Thanks for this btw, I also caught your initial post in my email! It's interesting to wonder what caused it. There is some manual aspect to my work and hobbies (and I am very much right-handed) but my wrist has certainly not had a hard life.

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