Hi, Carol. I'm in the same boat with the thumbs. The one thing (and the hardest) that keeps me going is to keep moving. It hurts when I do, but it's worse if I take a day or so off and start in again. My dr told me take ibuprophen before I start and then each 6 hrs after. It seems to help some. Keep up the posts though. You always have such nice things to say!