Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Post Trigger Finger Surgery

I saw my hand surgeon today, who I last saw on 3/17 after I refused to see the surgeon who did my trigger finger surgery on 2/17 and who then refused to see me when I developed serious post-op complications, when he did an ultrasound on both wrists and said I had carpal tunnel syndrome in both wrists and said I'd probably need surgery, to get the results of EMG testing that was done last week.

He said the EMG results showed mild carpal tunnel in the right hand and none in the left. I sat there, stunned. I've got pain, tingling, pins & needles in both hands. The left wrist feels like a tight, painful band is around my wrist and my elbow started hurting so bad it keeps me awake along with my wrists. I keep dropping things lately. I've been so miserable and in pain. The elbow pain started as I've been compensating for my right hand since I had trigger finger surgery on 2/17, which kicked off a bad inflammatory response in my right hand and led to my right hand and wrist developing swelling and bad pain.

He said that the EMG can be wrong sometimes and misses carpal tunnel. He tapped my wrists again and had me push against his hands in order to test my hands again and it hurt in both hands, plus my elbow.

He says I should get steroids shots in both wrists to "prove" whether or not I have CST and to keep my hands braced, especially at night. I've been bracing for weeks! I asked how long I should wait for the shots to work & he said a month.

So I got the shots, one in each wrist, and I doubt they'll help me. I've had steroid shots for other things and they all failed. He told me to use a strap on my forearm for the tennis elbow and Voltaren gel. He said to continue to take NASIDS, but I am supposed to try to cut back on them according to a nephrologist I saw about increased creatinine levels.

I am not feeling all that comfortable with this. The first surgeon I saw at the same practice for trigger finger treated me horribly post-op when my recovery became complicated. I was allowed to switch to his colleague from my continued post-op recovery & to determine if I had CTS.

Should I get a second opinion? I can get into Mayo Clinic Rochester for it and it takes a couple of months to get an appointment there? They do the ultrasound needle guided surgery there as opposed to endoscopic surgery which is what my local surgeon does when possible.