Sharna260,
I was going to suggest looking at your cervical spine, but Jo*Mar beat me to it. I had sharp pains in my fingers and outer ear, but no neck pain. My MRI showed a couple of bulging discs, bone spurs, etc. and ended with the statement "normal degenerative changs." A couple of docters looked at the MRI and said nothing was wrong, but the neurologist I was seeing sent me to physical therapy and it was amazingly effective for my finger and ear pain. I now have a cervical traction machine I can use at home when I need to and I learned stretching and strengthing exercizes to do on my own.

I never had the other finger symptoms you describe, so I can't comment on that. I would much rather do physical therapy than have surgery. I hope you're able to find something that works for you. Best of luck, Cheryl