Hello, I'm a Dental Assistant, who ended up with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in both hands (mild CTS in the Lt. hand and severe CTS plus trigger finger in my Rt. hand which was unfortunely also my dominant hand) I had carpal tunnel and trigger finger release surgery on my Rt. hand in 3/06 and things went down hill after that! A few months after the surgery I started having severe burning pain and my hand was swollen twice it's normal size and turned bright red in color. In 10/06 I was diagnosed with R.S.D. and have been fighting Work Comp ever since (I.M.E. says it's recurrent CTS). My 3 doctors say R.S.D.