Purrs for healing! And I second the comments about therapy—PT is one of the few areas in life where what you get out of it is so directly proportional to what you put into it. Please let us know how you’re doing after the “ordeal”!
I’ve had each hand done, and like others, had them done separately so I could manage (I live alone). It went easily and the results were . . . BETTER THAN MY WILDEST EXPECTATIONS. Where before I’d had to limit activities due to numbness, within 2-3 days I was knitting so much that I was tiring my hand muscles.
How about some fine crickets? The Venerable Boris used to love them.