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Originally Posted by Trish Crocker
My husband needs a hand surgeon to fix a trigger finger. Has anyone had any experiences with this?
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Explore this. Neither doctor said it shouldn’t have made a difference…but it did.
Had trigger finger start in middle finger left hand about February 1 year ago. Really locking up. Found hand doctor from PCP and made appointment with Dr. Cynthia Harding. Couldn’t see her until October. Meanwhile the pointer finger developed it. Still can’t get it for appointment. OK, I’ll live with it until then.
Several months ago left rotator cuff acts up and sent for MRI. PCP points me to Dr. Cook at Advanced Orthopedic in Sharon Morse Bldg. Went there last month, October, and he says the thing is so bad that either needed a 50/50 surgery or a shoulder replacement. We being a chicken, I said no thanks, what else. He tells me a couple of shots might make it more comfortable. OK, do it. I happened to tell him about the trigger finger and asked if the shots might make that better. He said, “not likely”.
In two says, I noticed the trigger finger felt pretty good. Hmmm. Within a week it felt fine. Finally got to Dr. Harding and she did the exam and could not find any indication of trigger finger. I told her about the shot and she said,”that shouldn’t have done anything for it but maybe the steroids got into the blood and that did something.” Really?
Since the shot in the rotator cuff I have no symptom of trigger finger. Six weeks. Just saying.