I had minor surgery on my left hand today. I bump appeared a couple of months ago on one of the joints in my middle finger, and has recently become inflamed and sore. The doctor diagnosed a "synovial cyst". He gave me a shot of local anesthetic, and used a huge syringe to try to aspirate it. However he punched through the other side, and ended up just using manual pressure to force out the contents of the cyst, then gave me a shot of cortisone to help reduce swelling. So now I'm icing my hand, not getting much done at the moment. He says it may come back...or not... ;-}
Beverly, longing to get started on the bluish-purplish velvet vest