I think I have Dupuytren on my right hand. A supervisor told me I abandoned my job as an Ops Manager after I refused to use a vibration machine as the doc recommended last week when he saw the lump on my hand. I feel very frustrated he took my company phone and sites keys. I contacted the VP last night and told me he was getting back to me. No answers, I cannot go into my email anymore, I called a lawyer and I have to go back to WC doctor tomorrow too.

I have had DC progressing for most of my working life since I was in my 30s. I didn't know what it was for many years, I just thought I had callouses and arthritis from working with my hands all the time but I never let it keep me from doing my job and pursuing my hobby of restoring old cars. Maybe I was naive but I guess I never considered it a disability, just something I had to deal with and invent new ways of doing things. I have worked as an electroncs tech,a large mainframe computer field engineer, a maintenance tech on large production assembly lines and an auto body collision tech. Never mentioned my "condition" to my employer and would not have expected any empathy from them, I enjoyed what I was doing and didn't want to jeopardize my position. Not sure what advice I can offer.....