Severe finger pain

[Phonetek]

UPDATE: So I went to the doc for a checkup and had him look at my hand. They did an x-ray and as it turns out it's not arthritis. What it is, is a detachment of a bone in the middle of my hand on my pinky finger. So it's actually a fracture. Plus there some soft tissue damage to the right of it more toward the center of my hand. I have to go to a specialist for corrective surgery. Who would have thought? On the upside, when this is fixed it will be 100% and will be able to bowl. Funny thing is I have bowled since this post but I packed some tape in the thumb to secure my grip and changed the inserts and it didn't hurt afterward. Odd that I've been walking around bowling and I changed the bearing assembly on our Tahoe the other day loosening bolts that were 170 ft lbs and I didn't even know it. The pain hasn't went away since I bowled before this post but it hasn't been horrible. I seen the x-ray's and you can see it plain as day. Now to be clear this was NOT caused by bowling! The only time my hand got injured was over a year ago when this buffoon where I worked slammed into with the bottom of an extension ladder taking it off a truck. I never went to have it looked at, like any other boo-boo I sucked it up and moved on. Funny how things go isn't it?

[boatman37]

well glad you found out what it was. sometimes figuring it out is worse than dealing with it

[Phonetek]

well glad you found out what it was. sometimes figuring it out is worse than dealing with it

UPDATE: Went to the specialist today. Well the findings were interesting but were still not done. From what he seen on the x-ray he confirmed that the bones in the pinky are in fact detached from my hand. It's a small gap. The bigger concern is the density of that bone. It's far less than my others. He says it's as brittle as a pencil. He's someone baffled at this point of why it's like that. He thinks there is something in the soft tissue causing pressure on it causing the density issue. He also found a small sprain in my wrist. He says it's minor and gave me a steroid injection for it. It will take a long time to heal but he's not worried about it. Next step is an MRI so he can fully see what's going on. In the meantime I did ask the magic question. "Can I bowl?" The fact that I tuck my pinky is a good thing because if I didn't do that then the answer would be no. Since I do I have his approval to bowl all I want. Also, reducing to a 15lb ball would be helpful.
So in the interim I just have to wait to get the MRI done and see him again. I'll update at that time. BTW, absolutely not a single ounce of arthritis so that's a great thing. Not bad for 46