Back home now... first order of business was starting the fire(!) Dr. says it's a pinched nerve. It's not the Carpal tunnel, but the tunnel right next to it... forgot the name. He thinks the pinch is coming from the elbow... but it can be up in my neck. Don't know how I could live for 68 years without anything pinching, and now it is. Anyway, I have been referred somewhere for a "nerve test" to identify just which nerve is being pinched, and where. Then I go back to the dr. to schedule surgery to snip something to release the pinching nerve(s). Good to know! But it won't be fixed as quick as I'd like.
Thanks for thinking of me!