My elbow pads (cut so they won't press on the nerve at night), and my gel packs The last few weeks have been part of the year I have called “The Year of New Normals”. To make a long story short, numbness I have been feeling in my little finger and the side of my ring finger in my right hand for over a month was diagnosed as cubital tunnel syndrome. This means that the nerve going through my elbow in the area we call the funnybone has been irritated; it's similar to carpal tunnel syndrome, excep…