Thank you Emma! Such good info! I discovered the ice thing before the diagnosis and was quite surprised!
You mention getting treatment ASAP and I am still waiting, my question is this dr thinks this stemmed from something that happened years ago...this worries me. however, I didn't start having this problem till I started having some over use joint problems two years ago which promoted cotisone shots and it all went downhill. Actually it started going down hill after the shoulder surgery and the a not so great interscalene block on the other arm (they got it in my blood stream and my heart went nuts). I had nerve pain for months after. Ended up having an akinetic septum in my heart ( drs questioned the block as the cause) I ramble but my point is
I don't think I will ever know the cause and I'm worried I've already waited too long to have remission including while using my hand repeativeky for work?

In a side note, I am frustrated today cause I saw the Ortho that referred me to hand clinic while my daughter was seeing him and told him the diagnosis. He called it a waste basket diagnosis