rpaulflyer,

Well, sounds like you and I are in the same boat. I tried to cut my right hand off in Sept with a chop saw........you could see all the internal workings!!!!!![:'(] Anyway after 3 months in wraps and a splint and a lot of physical therapy, they decided that I needed carpal tunnel and trigger finger surgery to facilitate more physical therapy. Well, now that I am ready to fly I still have numbness in my right thumb along with my index, middle and ring finger. I can pick up things and turn door knobs but it is a real chore to button my shirts because of the lack of manual dexterity with the reduced feeling in these fingers. I am going to try to fly as soon as weather permits and I think I'll be able to do it alright with the numbness. I have practiced some in my shop and things seem ok but the proof is in the doing.

Good luck on your condition and hopefully you'll fly.

Andy