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health: hands again

( Jan. 2nd, 2020 09:48 am)
I am just back from seeing the hand doctor. She diagnosed it as trigger finger again, both hands this time, and did i want both cortisone shots now.

i said yes, despite likely numbness for an hour or so (not bad, if at all, that was 20 minutes ago as i type) and the risk of a pain flare-up from the cortisone. not having had the flare last time, i decided to do it, despite the work deadline saturday night.
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I saw the hand doctor

( Jan. 7th, 2019 02:42 pm)
I think/hope this will work. ( cut for discussion of hand problems )

If this works, I may start feeling better in a couple of days, or it might take a couple of weeks. If I don't notice any effect in a couple of weeks, I can call the hand doctor again and/or call the occupational therapist and get an orthotic made. I asked for, and got, a prescription for the orthotic, so I won't have to go back to Dr. Green if the cortisone doesn't do the job. In the meantime, I should keep icing, and avoid "heavy" gripping with that hand.

The doctor said that if this works, it may solve this problem for good, or I might need another cortisone injection some months or years from now. That's a time-scale I can accept.
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