Re: TRIGGER THUMB - to Margaret B

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I've got a double jointed thumb, but it usually stay in

place, but not locked.. Have you called your gp?

Kelli

In Canada

--- Margaret Badner wrote:

> Has anyone on the list experienced trigger Thumb? If so,

> how was it treated. My thumb keeps clicking and will

> lock if I don't splint it. I called the rhuematologist

> early yesterday morning but he hasn't returned my call.

> He has told me previously that he couldn't help me

> anymore but I thought he was referring to pain

> medication. It is quite painful when not splinted.

>

> Margaret B

>

>

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Kelli,

No I haven't called my gp yet. I really like her but some of her

recommendations for physicians have not worked out well.

Fortunately for me my daughter is a doctor so I get lots of

suggestions from her. No she doesn't treat me, in fact she usually

says, " Ask your internist " , but she will tell me where to find

information on the net and she also told me not to wear the splint

over 4 days. I'll really be screaming in pain this weekend starting

tomorrow morning.

My thumb isn't double jointed, it just clicks everytime I bend or

straighten the first joint. It locks when I have bent it in my

sleep. Thanks for the suggestion though.

Margaret B

> I've got a double jointed thumb, but it usually stay in

> place, but not locked.. Have you called your gp?

>

> Kelli

> In Canada

>

> --- Margaret Badner wrote:

>

>> Has anyone on the list experienced trigger Thumb? If so,

>> how was it treated. My thumb keeps clicking and will

>> lock if I don't splint it. I called the rhuematologist

>> early yesterday morning but he hasn't returned my call.

>

>> He has told me previously that he couldn't help me

>> anymore but I thought he was referring to pain

>> medication. It is quite painful when not splinted.

>>

>> Margaret B

>>

>>

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