Tendonitis in the fingers: anyone else diagnosed?

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Tendonitis in the fingers: anyone else diagnosed?

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Yeah, pretty sure that is my diagnosis on my middle finger on the left hand. They ran a bunch of blood tests checking for gout, rheumatoid, osteo and other forms of arthritis and apparently tendonitis is the only other explanation for a swollen middle finger that experienced no trauma. They have me on an old person's osteoarthritis medication that they want to run through me for 40 days and see if they can get the swelling down. If not, bust out the big ol' needle for a cortisone shot. :nail:
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I had flexor tendinitis, AKA trigger finger, in the ring finger of my fretting hand. It would lock in place pretty much every day, hurt like fuck, etc. After a year or so of it getting worse and worse, I went to an orthopedist last spring. First line of action was a daily regimen of NSAIDs (over the counter Naproxen every day for a few weeks). When that didn't work, second line of action was a cortisone shot right in the fucking tendon. Ouch. When that only helped for a day or two, final course of action was surgery. Surgery took place in the office (and therefore only cost me an office copay rather than a fat bill from a surgery center), under local anesthesia, and only took about ten minutes. It fixed it instantly and it's been perfect ever since.
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benjamin801 wrote:I had flexor tendinitis, AKA trigger finger, in the ring finger of my fretting hand. It would lock in place pretty much every day, hurt like fuck, etc. After a year or so of it getting worse and worse, I went to an orthopedist last spring. First line of action was a daily regimen of NSAIDs (over the counter Naproxen every day for a few weeks). When that didn't work, second line of action was a cortisone shot right in the fucking tendon. Ouch. When that only helped for a day or two, final course of action was surgery. Surgery took place in the office (and therefore only cost me an office copay rather than a fat bill from a surgery center), under local anesthesia, and only took about ten minutes. It fixed it instantly and it's been perfect ever since.



Yeah, I ultimately think that is where I am going to wind up. I hear the physical therapy is pretty intensive.
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