Help - Gel gloves or shock absorbing hood pads

[Helene2013]

Update: I spoke with my LBS owner (again! - I swear I'll have a cot bed there soon! haha).

He told me my actual tape is Roubaix extrawide 2.5mm and is gelish/grippy already. He did say that changing to Lizardskins in that context would not bring much improvement but could be a costly change - for little help. My current tape being wide allows to have a better cushioning already on the bar. What he could do though is take another roll and only pad my problem area, without causing too much thickness around the bar when not necessary.

My PT also spoke with me and she'll see me today at 5:30pm for a treatment and talk about our options before my 90km. She will give me some foam mattress padding they use at the clinic, which I could use on my handlebar as well where the hood is, etc. We'lll see how we could install all of this without making harder on the palm (to break safely and not having fingers stretched too much.

Getting there.... slowly but surely....