Then it swelled up and hurt more . So bad that it hurt to sign a check or use the space bar ! After 5 days of this , I went to the doc . I was afraid I had hurt a ligament or fractured it w/o realizing it .

Question: Is it possible that the author tried to self medicate , or fix the problem himself before he went to the doctor ?
Answer: No , he paid someone that he found on the computer by check to help him get better and they said no doctor was needed .Yes , he wrote and signed checks to people who were not doctors to help him get better and they said go see a doctor .None of the above choices .Yes , he used the computer to look up symptoms and realized that typing was making things worse which helped initiate the doctors visit .