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I've dealt with carpal tunnel off and on for quite a long time. Dr gave me wrist braces - you can find them in any pharmacy - with a metal or hard plastic insert down the inside of your wrist. It holds your wrist and hand in such a position as to take as much pressure off the nerves that run through the carpal tunnel as possible. I also partly imobilizes your wrist so that the muscles can relax a bit. When you are on the computer the constant use of those muscles can cause them to stay tensed somewhat and constantly put pressure on the nerves.
Since my carpal tunnel problem isn't severe I find that when I wear my braces for a couple days that I can then leave them off for a month or sometimes more depending on how much sewing or computer use I do. Then the fingers start to go numb again.
When I was pregnant my hands were completely numb for 2 months and afterwards it took another month for any feeling to start coming back. The Dr told me he wasn't concerned about the lack of feeling until a couple months AFTER pregnancy since then the nerves start to die. If your hands stay numb for a long period of time and you can't get them to wake up by relaxing or shaking them THEN you have need for concern. Slight tingling at this point isn't a big deal and I doubt very highly that any real Dr would suggest any surgery at this point.
That all said - it doesn't hurt to go see your Dr. This way at least you'll be keeping him informed as to when the condition began to bother you and if it gets to be really serious he'll have a better idea of what kind of treatment to recommend. Good Luck.
Oh and if you have insurance that might pay for the wrist braces if the Dr prescribes them so you might want to wait on purchasing them until you see him. If you don't have insurance to cover it then I would suggest to go ahead and get them braces until you can get in to see the Dr.
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