Trigger...hands? Advice please!

specialsK,

Thanks for the tip on the tape. My upper arm always hurts after the lymph node surgery unless I wear a compression sleeve. I don't like whole sleeve so I am going to try the tape. What kind of anti inflammatory diet do you follow?

claireinaz, I hope the relief continues for a long time.  Sometimes if the inflammation goes away, the area can heal.  That is why my doctor did the shots on two separate occasions.  After 6 months, I was unfortunate as the pain came back on the thumb and ring finger and then began in the middle finger too.  The surgery was quick and easy.  I had all three fingers done at once.  Healing was quick for me and I was able to get on with life again.  I'm 49 now and this was a couple of years ago, but for me there is nothing worse then having constant pain robbing me of my joy in life.  Before cancer I never had a physical condition to drag me down and then after cancer it seemed like one thing after another.  I can say that now that I am 3 years out, all body parts are feeling pretty good again.

http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/topic.cfm?topic=a00069.

I experienced numbness, trigger thumb, ring finger and little finger weakness etc on aromasin. I also noticed swelling in my elbows.   Went to the gp who diagnosed trapped ulnar nerve.  Onc suspended aromasin for a month. All symptoms gone.  I might add that prior to my dr appt  I did use an elbow splint thanks to dr google and keeping my elbow straight did help.  I think all AIs cause some fluid build up in joints.  My next ai will be femara.  It took 3 1/2 years for the se from aromasin to cause this severe problem, although pain and swelling in both elbows began about 6 months in.   

So bottom line is the cause of my problem was in the elbow. 

Special K, thanks for the info on the diet.  I may have to try it...carpal tunnel surgery, cubital tunnel surgery with submuscular nerve transposition, trigger thumb surgery looming, and a whole lot of lumps determined to be inflammation after fat grafting (all in the past couple months) and I am DONE with inflammation!  I have to try something, so I will read up on that diet.