Thank you very much pudding for your response. Below is a more relevant image which provides better details on where the pressure was placed, and where my discomfort is located.

Note that the discomfort as shown in the image by the yellow colored sketch is felt between the top and side of my thumb. In other words, looking at the thumb from an aerial perspective, with the nail on top and thumbprint 180 degrees around as the bottom, the pain is not felt directly on the side of my thumb, rather, between the side on the top of my thumb (at 45 degrees).

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Thanks a lot for any and all help you provide!