Hi, I ve been having pain in my right hand, all over. I don t know if it is something other than carpal tunnel, or the start of it. I don t have numbness though, but feel I should have it looked at somewhere. My index finger is so stiff in the morning that I can t even bend it! Yesterday, both hands were so inflamed that I had ice on it most of the day. At night I put on an arthritis cream, gloves, and loose hand braces. I usually take Tylenol for pain, but last night I took Ibuprofen (which usually makes me so groggy that I can t do anything else if I take it throughout the day). I don t know whether I would just need a cortisone shot (even though it usually takes two months to work), but what to do in the mean-time to get through work. I have pain throughout the whole hand, and it has even gone into my elbow. I have never done well with Prescription Medicines as they have given me stomach upset. Help! Thank you, Marge...Sorry I will not pay. Don t have the money, I work just a few hours a week. Thanks, but no thanks. I guess it s just inevitable that I need to seek help.