Oh no, don't be nervous. It is absolutely worth doing. I am sorry if my negative post led you to think I was blasting the surgery. The wife was absolutely better for having done it, I think she thought she would be "back to normal" and while she is not, she is still better than she was. Especially with the pain factor.
I just wanted you to know, and did a piss poor job of doing so, that it will not be an "end all, be all" type of solution.
Your life will be 100% better, but you will, probably, still have issues with your hands here and there. A fine example of that just happened; my wife had to take care of a friends dogs this past week-end and couldn't get in. She had to go over and let them out and all of that dog watching stuff
, but one time she called me asking me to come over to their house as she couldn't get the key turned to get inside, so I drove over and turned the key with little issue. The door jam swells a little it seems so you have to pull the door a little before turning the deadbolt, but she didn't have the strength to turn the key ... and trust me, it wasn't
THAT hard.
Her hands are just not as strong as they once were.
That is not to say your hand(s) will be the same, and even if it/they is/are it is worth getting rid of the pain involved. For sure. Again, just didn't want you to have visions of perfection.
Sorry if I sounded to negative, I do wish you the best, and I know you will be happier with the outcome than you are now.