Scott, that's the EXACT pills I was taking. It's quite possible with your less severe injury that they may start working for you a lot sooner than mine did. I was doing 3 a day, with food.

It's possible that you may also heal faster than I did if your playing schedule and technique is different to mine. At the time, I was playing in a fairly high energy 5 piece, real drums, etc, and was doing no arranger playing (chord LH at changes, and little else) and also was doing a fair bit of LH bass as well as my usual 'two right hands' approach to live gigging. So, I was working it pretty hard.

The worst thing is, after years of playing, it proved SO difficult to change my technique, and stay off the thumb and not tuck it under for the scales, etc.! To be honest, I failed miserably. But you sound like you are catching it early.

Immobilize it 100% when not playing, some ibuprofen to handle pain management and a bit of help with the anti-inflammatory aspects too, and then the Turmeric pills. I'd take a second look at the doctor's other more invasive solutions if you don't feel an improvement in a month, probably less. It worked like a charm for me, and I had it MUCH worse than you are describing, Scott.

Best of luck.