@hnbmomof3, @var122, @lioness. As I recall this was a painful surgery. I had the tried and true anchovy surgery where they remove the thumb joint and replace it with a ligament harvested from your wrist. I too was miserable. My salvation was ice. They forgot that I lived at 6000 ft up on a mountain. The bandages became way too tight. I had to go back to the surgeon and have it refitted. And they gave me Percocet trying to be helpful. i just vomited......my sensitivity to opioids is pretty conclusive. Now you can use medical cannabis.
It is awful to be in unrelenting pain. May you begin to be free of suffering tonight. Chris