Ebbie,

Stuffing up the bands plan for tonight is better than amputation...

think on that for a while....

and I would also advise - from personal experience and from the gory "OOOPS!" slides they showed us when I did my Aust Sports Medicine Federation Sports Trainer Certificate - to try almost anything before cortisone... it can have some really nasty side effects (fortunately not so common) unless monitored medically properly - I wasn't totally joking about amputation... cortisone should be a last resort, there are other prescription anti-inflammatories.

Don't overdo Asprin (or paracemetol) - you can kill your kidneys (or yourself)...

Keep Well, or at least in the circumstances, as well as you can.

By REST, I also mean you could put that forearm in a sling for a while - it would help you to remember to not use it so much - might even help you with the groupie chicks after the gig too... :-)

Robin