Dr. Eaton did a GREAT job on me..NA
Went to 3 local CHS...what a joke one never heard of NA another did...and said no "I have to sleep ay night"
Thanks God for N.A, and Eaton.

SAME HERE...95 DEGREE PIP LITTLE FINGER NOW LESS THAN 5 DEGREES AFTER NA 8 MONTHS AGO.....STILL WEAR SPLINT AS PRECAUTION AT NIGHT,

my hand surgeon not only didn't give me any options except waiting for contracture and having surgery, he YELLED at me. A physician myself, when I was first diagnosed, I went to my medical search engins to see what this was about. One of my first stops was Campbells Operative Orthopedics. I really didn't like what I was reading. Eventualy I found the articles on radiation. I checked out the validity with a radiation oncolgist who was a friend and he arranged for a friend of his to treat me localy. I kept my follow-up appt. with the surgeon mostly to say thank-you, because he had diagnosed it early while radiation was still an option. He roared he was so angry. On the other had many other docs in the doctors dining room of my hospital were really interested. I know tht a couple family docs and a couple dermatologist have refered for radiation.

Issleib2,

The reaction by your hand surgeon is just sad! Thankfully, your other colleagues are open and interested. I think it is critically important for GPs and dermatologists, the "1st responders", so to speak, to be educated about the proven effectivness of early, less invasive treatments, e.g. NA and RT. Unless they know differently, they can only do the traditional, refer to a hand surgeon. I'm doing my part to educate and my GP and dermatologist welcomed the information, were pleased at the results of NA and RT for me, and are very happy to know they can refer their patients for other options. They asked for contact information for my NA and RT specialists.

Kudos to you for "trying" to thank and educate your hand surgeon. True, he did diagnose it early and that is critical for the effectiveness of RT. If I had known about RT when I was first diagnosed, I would have had it first and probably not needed NA. By the time I found out about the availability of RT, I had minor contracture and needed NA.

The success of your radiation makes me even more confident that the early improvement on my right hand will be permanent. Since my left hand is showing signs of Dups, I am in position to watch it and get radiation early, if needed.