I had a trigger thumb in 2022 before I got diagnosed or started any medications and I had surgery then. I haven’t had any issues with it since. I just recently had surgery on my middle and pointer and so far so good. I don’t know how you had it for years. It would wake me up at night, it was horrible. My surgeon said the only way to truly “fix” the issue. It’s not a bad procedure, it only took a few minutes after they numb you up. Recovery has been a few weeks.