I will be sending my boyfriend out tonight to try those tricks on my car. Thanks so much!

Thank goodness I had really good gloves on because at least my fingers didn't get cold. The pain was just from trying to pry the door open with my fingers which has usually worked in the past (though I didn't used to have RSD in my hands...that is new this year).

I'm going to try to go out again tomorrow morning so hopefully it will go much better. My fingers are finally able to bend most of the way now but the pain is still god awful. They swelled up so bad right away. I used voltaren gel and then a couple of hours later soaked my hands in warm water. All day I have just been trying to make fists and finally I was able to do it all the way a couple hours ago. But I basically couldn't do anything all day because the pain was so bad.

I wanted to go out today because it's supposed to snow for the next few days. But maybe if I get out early enough I can beat the snow. Here's hoping...