[Deschodt]

Shingrix shot 1 did nothing to me, nada. Due for shot 2 anytime now...

Trigger finger: The doc initially gave me 3x800 mg of advil per day. Max dose I think. It made me so loopy I could not take it, advil, who knew... Trigger finger ended up going away on its own when I stopped doing what was triggering it (in my case I was painting my entire house) and started mousing left handed. Took a whole year to heal itself 100%. I can sometimes feel it attempting a comeback when wrenching hard, I stop... Apparently I'm falling apart.

On another semi-related note I developed ulnar nerve issues where some fingers would go numb if I bent my elbow, esp at night. Saw 2 docs and both told me the only lasting option was surgery to transpose the nerve and bypass the elbow canal... I'm currently in Europe and on a whim went back to see an old osteopath I used to use when playing competitive tennis (to fix ankles and stuff)... Haven't found a good one in the states yet. The guy stretched and cracked this and that, my #%^$^ finger numbness that I've had daily (well nightly) for 2 years is GONE. Just like that. He said it was pinched in my cervicals, not the elbow. crack boom. Unbelievable. I am NOT a believer in non-scientific medicine and Chiro-balooney-science makes me laugh, but hell, the osteo guy worked and it's not placebo... I have slept w.o my elbow brace for a week now... Just saying also explore acupuncture and other stuff before doing surgery, if it ever comes to that...