Woke up one morning with pain in my thumb...stiff, achy, clicky. I just put it down to a strain. Wore a support for a while. No improvement. As time went on, I'd wake up in the morning (or the odd afternoon) with my thumb rigid and hooked around towards my palm, but it would loosen up, so I put off seeing a doctor. Playing was a bit of a nightmare as I couldn't bend my thumb backwards behind the neck, so more recently I've had to adapt how I play (more roots, heh).
Saw a consultant last month (after much moaning from my wife) and had a forty minute surgery this afternoon. Lovely. I've just popped a couple of painkillers but it hurts like f2ck. I have a gig on 13th March as well.
I haven't read a book this year so far...I have a huge pile to start going through!
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