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Permalink Reply by still_young_at_heart on February 8, 2013 at 3:06pm

Mine cleared up with a lot of Advil (maybe 6 per day) over a six month period.

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Permalink Reply by Laddie on February 8, 2013 at 4:43pm

I've never had trigger finger, but I've read of others who had the surgery and said it was very easy and quite effective.

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Permalink Reply by MegaMinxX on February 8, 2013 at 5:33pm

I've had surgery on my right (dominant hand) thumb and pinky finger about 15 years ago, about 2 years ago, thumb and middle finger on left hand. (T1D for 48 yrs)

In each case, I think over use/activity contributed to getting it to a point where splints, rest and advil just wasn't enough. Procedure itself was very simple, and recovery was quick for me.

I think I had injections before the first surgery, but it was steroids, and made my BG crazy, and it was only temporary relief. So for me, I didn't think of surgery as the 'last' resort, but was the first choice when my left hand required treatment. The actual surgical procedure took less than 10 minutes. With checkin, prep, and waiting, it was about 2 hours.

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Permalink Reply by PedsRN on February 9, 2013 at 7:10am

I've had 4 episodes of trigger finger. 3 eventually required surgery, which was extremely effective and very little pain afterwards. My last bout of trigger thumb, I started splinting early and really watched the repetitive or overuse of that thumb and after about 6 weeks cleared up. Of course it helps that I've had my lowest A1c's over the last year.

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