Red Room Where the Writers Are

For some months now, my little finger on my left hand keeps going to sleep for no reason that I knew of. Sometimes middle finger. Sometimes whole left hand. I mentioned it when I had check-up with doctor about INR because I thought it might have something to do with circulation. She immediately said it was probably a pinched nerve and set up appointment with a rehab physitrist (sp?) to do testing. He gave me electrical shocks and some sort of test with needles and declared my crazy bone nerve was "a mess" and that I would probably need surgery to correct it lest I lose function in that hand and my primary doctor would advise me. She said his phrase to her was "moderate to severe damage." (I thought his translation for a lay person was cute.) She sent me to the next doctor who would do the same-day surgery--except instead he said I should do more conservative effort first of wearing a splint for 4-6 weeks while I sleep. He sent me to the physical therapists at another clinic to fit me with a splint. Last night was my first night. I slept fine for two hours and then woke up with awful arm ache. After couple more sleepless hours, I changed bedrooms and redid the splint and slept fitfully some. It is supposed to hurt like that for a couple of weeks. GRRRR. So while I have been offline, I have been making many medical forays just because my little finger falls asleep. Ah well. That's my long story.