I started with the wrist braces every night and after they stopped working, I had surgery. I did my right hand first since it was the worst and then a few years later did the left. I have to say that the second surgery went much better than the first - I think I need to see if I can have the right one done over (not that I want to - more like I need to).
It did help tremendously for the first few years. The second one (left wrist) has a much smaller scar and seemed to heal quicker - I used two different docs (the second one operates on a lot of the Redskins - should have gone to him for the first one too!) Meghan