Hi all
just an update, more for the random ones who get same problem as me and search like i did but found nothing!

my plastic surgeon said the radial nerve was damaged either when he took the graft (from upper arm) or by the tourniquet they used...he said he has done a bunch of grafts from that part of the arm and it's never happened before!

so if you search for pins and needles from a graft on this forum and find this thread you're just unlucky.

expect to be normal anywhere from 3 weeks to 6 months post op (!!)

i still haven't found a painkiller that dulls the sensation, but am getting four hour sleep blocks from the strong stuff, so use that.

have just found in the last 24 hours that a heat sack makes it feel better too, so try that!

cheers
jon

ps second game of soccer under belt (15 mins this time)!!