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10 years ago

I finally went to a specialist for the injured finger. It was better but not enough so that I can knit or cut hard to chop vegetables or garden. He gave me a cortisone shot in the finger and hopes that will do it after a few weeks. Wish I had gotten the referral months earlier if that is all I needed.

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jmc01
10 years ago
I had the cortisone shot for my injured thumb. and then 9 months later had to get a second shot. That was 4 yrs ago and all has been good since.

Thank goodness shot 2 lasted. It would have been surgery otherwise.
rob333 (zone 7b)
10 years ago
Wonder what makes us wait, when all it took was a shot? Or a few stretching exercises (in my case)? Humans are funny creatures! Best of healing luck with your trigger finger.
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Coincidentally, the woman who cuts my hair just had the surgery for trigger finger 5 weeks ago. I just went back to have my hair done the other day and asked her how it went. She didn't have a good experience unfortunately. The palm of her hand is still a little swollen - she's afraid maybe a stitch was left inside. She's been going to a physical therapist twice a week b/c she still does not have full motion back of her finger. She said she was going back to the surgeon soon to see what is the cause of the swelling. Now I don't know anyone else who has had the surgery so I'm not sure if hers is just a fluke experience but she was kind of wishing she hadn't bothered to have it done. It meant she had to stop working while she recovered so she had no income during that time and now it's not even correctly fixed. However, since hers is so recently done, I'm not sure that her experience is one I would use to judge whether it's worthwhile. Perhaps she would have better things to say later on down the road, assuming that the PT works and they can figure out why it's still swollen. I'm going back again in four weeks, so I'll post an update if I remember!
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Thanks for your kind thoughts. I was amazed that after the surgery, my hand and arm hurt much less, almost not noticed, compared to before the surgery. The other bonus, is that I am sleeping better at night. I have, what I consider, good movement, and at this point, no pain. Stitches come out next Monday and hopefully a smaller bandage. Especially one I can change more often. With the hot weather we are having, the bandage seems damp, but I have been told not to change the inner one. My hand feels almost as strong as before the surgery, but I have not put it to the test. And, yes, I can crochet, but can't do dishes. LOL Thanks again
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lindaohnowga
10 years ago
My thumbs were snapping. A shot in each....yikes that hurt, but it solved the problem. Now the ring fingers on both hands want to lock occasionally. This getting old isn't for wimps. LOL
susanjf_gw
10 years ago
knees for me! and yes those shots are humdinger!
SunnyDJ
10 years ago
Oh boy, I feel your pain...Trigger finger is terrible...But, those shots are worth it.
sheilajoyce_gw
Original Author
10 years ago
Actually, he used a topical pain killer, and it was not bad at all.
YogaLady1948
10 years ago
I had it in one finger went to the dr he talked about a shot~~creeped me out. He said it may go away so I waited and it did;)
gazania_gw
10 years ago
I had a trigger thumb right hand. An injection only helped slightly for a short time. Had surgery to correct it. This was about 20 years ago. I have had no problem with it again. About 10 years ago the left thumb had it's turn. One injection cleared it up and it is still okay. Now my right ring finger is taking a turn. Not enough of a bother to seek treatment yet.
kittywhiskers
10 years ago
I had trigger finger in my ring and middle finger on my left hand. Had a shot in each one of them help a little would catch every now and then but they would ache. Then on my right hand my middle finger started catching but didn't get a shot in that one.That one would ache too. Funny thing got a new to me car last summer and my fingers started getting better. I decided it was because my other car didn't have power steering and this car does. Once in a while my finger on my right hand will catch, but the left hand doesn't bother me at all.
Kittywhiskers
rhizo_1 (North AL) zone 7
10 years ago
Yeouch!
joyfulguy
10 years ago
My friend who has pain gets cortisone shots, but one doesn't want to get a large number, he says, so he delays until the pain gets bad.

ole joyful

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