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Trigger finger surgery? I am 76. Breast cancer (3C) was on left. Several months into taking Letrozole I had 2 trigger fingers in my right hand. Got steroid injection in May 2023 and was ok until 2024. Oncologist changed me to anastrozole in June but then I got trigger thumb, ring finger and little finger of left hand in January 2024. Then he wanted me to go on exemestane but after researching I was not convinced it would be any different. He suggested tamoxifen so I researched that and said no thanks, not yet and hopefully never. Now I've gone back to Letrozole and am considering surgery for hands. Has anyone done that and was it successful? Planning on starting with right thumb and index finger (I'm right handed) to see how it goes before I consider doing surgery on left hand. Since I lost 7 lymph nodes, oncologist suggested I deal with them one at a time on left but thought I might be able to do two if right hand two go well. Am going to gym 5 days a week, 3 weight training using tubular pipe insulation on handles to cushionn grip and then 2 days a week on treadmill. Supposed to be on AI for 5 years and am only 9 months into it. Hope I can last and still have a functioning body!

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I had carpal tunnel surgery and a trigger finger fixed before taking al my trigger finger just started acting up, I have only taken meds for 2 months, but the trigger finger is more painful when I try to straighten it. My surgery was in 2017….