[notme]

I had it quite badly in my left thumb. The trigger (thumb) started one night out of the blue and got so bad that my thumb would very painfully snap into place when I tried to straighten it or bend it. I had the surgery done on Dec. 16th. The surgery was a piece of cake. I was awake for the most part with a lot of numbing of my hand. They give you enough medication that you drop off to sleep for a couple of minutes. It was totally painless and very easy. The recouperation was also easy. Took about two weeks to get down to a small bandage and a few more weeks, I was almost good as new. I can barely see a scar now.... Don't worry about it at all. I managed to do my hair (amazing how you need those opposing thumbs for that). You will figure out alternate ways of doing things for a couple of weeks. I think a finger would be much easier than thumb. I even managed to come here and type!