Cableguy, I don' t intend to take the kind of advice that you are speaking of, I was just wanting to here from those that have experienced the same thing. I can tell that it is getting better every day, today I didn' t experience any sharp pain while driving with my left hand. To tell the truth, I' m like tazman, if it can wait at least until gun season then that' s what I' m gonna do. Nothing popped, I really feel that it is probably a tendon. I work at a hospital and as soon I see the doc. in the hall that I want to see, I' m gonna talk to him about it. Only problem is, I work nights, so I don' t see them very often. In reply to what Navy said, I' ve been taking glucosimine chondroitin for several years now anyway, it really does help with the joints. You really can' t tell how well it works, until you forget to take it for a few days, then you start to notice little aches and pains. Enough rambling, thanks to all you guys, when I' m on this site, it really does feel like I' m talking to friends, even though I don' t post very often, I' m here lurking as much as possible!