Yes painful..could sleep for two weeks nothing would kill the pain....used lots of perscript cream that barely touched it....finally threw in the towel and just escaped to be a couch potato! HA! Couldn’t hardly stand it! I can’t take pain killers so do the best with over the counter.
However the worst is finally over but it does paralize the use of your hand....
Are you putting your hand in ice water?
Alternating with heat?