I’ve had two steroid shots, a few months apart, for a trigger finger (“tall man” on left hand”). They help for about six weeks, then the trigger returns. It takes me two months to get another appointment with the orthopedic specialist I am seeing. When he gave me the second shot he mentioned surgery if it returns, and it is now returning. What is the downside to multiple steroid shots? And what is the recovery time after the surgery, and what limitations may I face while recuperating? I live alone and may need to plan ahead. Is one trigger finger often followed by another? I’m afraid that my left-hand ring finger may be developing the same problem. “When troubles come, they come not in pairs but in legions.”