Mine do that too now. One is worse than the other.. And the veins swelling up scared me, but it happens all the time. I feel you about the meds. I guess I am not the only one skating the pain no matter what.

Does anyone else feel like they are "burning" under their skin at night when they sleep?

I have wrist and thumb pain. I can barely open anything. Whenever I get a steroid shot it does bad things to other part of my body. I get throbbing spasms in my back when I have gotten one for my shoulder, hip, or ankles. I have come to realize that steroids are harder on my body than the pain I am having.

Wear wrist braces around the house and for work, they help a lot.

I get those; my hands "cup"; I fill a large wide mouth vase with warm water and flex them.

I too have a lot of inflammation on my hands. There are days when my veins are huge. Dont know why this happens but you're not alone.