I had the surgery and did not regret it at all. When asked how my hand felt after the surgery I informed one and all that it had hurt so badly before the operation that the pain of a simple incision was a piece of cake. I had been in constant pain that would sometimes hurt all the way to my shoulder. If I did anything at all with my hands I was in for sleepless nights and an abundance of pain meds that did not work all that well.