West R Lee
Venerated Member
I'd never heard of it until about a month ago. I finished a round of golf and my left index finger was absolutely killing me. Killing me to the point that I can no longer fret with that finger, and it's really got me down.
My son in law, who is an outstanding PA in Tyler diagnosed it as "trigger finger", which apparently is an inflammation and swelling in the tubes that our tendons run through in order to extend and retract our fingers. he sent me to a hand specialists/surgeon there. The surgeon confirmed what my son in law had said. Last week the surgeon injected it with cortisone and told me he wanted me back on the 20th for an evaluation. He wanted to give it a couple of weeks to heal and told me to play golf and guitar and to even do it in excess to see if the cortisone helped. Apparently it hasn't, as this sucker hurts like hell. I'm afraid the next step is surgery.
I know some of us are older and wondered if any of you had even had a similar experience, and what your outcome might have been?
West
My son in law, who is an outstanding PA in Tyler diagnosed it as "trigger finger", which apparently is an inflammation and swelling in the tubes that our tendons run through in order to extend and retract our fingers. he sent me to a hand specialists/surgeon there. The surgeon confirmed what my son in law had said. Last week the surgeon injected it with cortisone and told me he wanted me back on the 20th for an evaluation. He wanted to give it a couple of weeks to heal and told me to play golf and guitar and to even do it in excess to see if the cortisone helped. Apparently it hasn't, as this sucker hurts like hell. I'm afraid the next step is surgery.
I know some of us are older and wondered if any of you had even had a similar experience, and what your outcome might have been?
West