DeQuervain's part of it. Much more is torn ligaments. Weeks in cast then PT, I think. Keep hand up as much as possib. Did your gastro. system suffer at all?
Diana, I thought re: anest., too (esp. for tiredness) but MyNewLife's thought about antibio. (as often given for wound infect. prevent.) made sense, too.
Thankfully, I had lots of notice, so lots of lft. hand practice.