Thanks Larry regrding experience, I like all others I expect will not be "rushing" into this. I believe there is much published material that if a new practitioner is interested in treating wiht RT they will do a thorough investigation and study of available material... this is what I hope will happen and certainly the due dilligence prior to commiting would be to ask someof these hard quesitons. Anway much as I love Germany (I lived there for 7 years) I think itwill be fabulous to have some local expertise down under!

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Can anyone provide an update on RT in Brisbane. I am a 58 yr old male who has had slowly developing nodules on both hands for about 5 years with no contractions yet. After hearing about RT and reading some recent papers I am interested in hearing about anyone who has had RT in Queensland.

Stephen

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I am a newbie to this blog and have DC in right hand pinkie with three nodules in the palm, seems slow progression, possibly stage 2. I am 54 years and male and live in Newcastle NSW Australia. i waited 3 months for an appointment with a local hand surgeon. I formed the opinion that the surgeon couldnt be bothered .... so I walked out and now have to search for a doctor that I trust and who will explain my options. I ask the following: 1) can any one recommend a doctor in Newcastle or Sydney or other capital city in Australia? 2) I will be in Paris in September: should I just skip Australia and try to see Drs Badois or Lellouche or Manet? Love this site: knowledge is power.

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Hi alanm
I thank you for you age diclosure. I myself would not be happy to have RT. under the age of 40. Yr. on the hands.The risk factor at your age is not a factor to worry about. You mentioned that you might be off to Paris this coming year. The idea of having NA.would only apply once there is contracture. Remember that the disease is different for all of us except that recontracture will occur once you start the intervention either by surgery or needle, but to what extent nobody can tell. Why not call in and see Prof. Seegenschmiedt . He is an expert. See Germany at the same time.
You mentioned that you did not have contracture. This disease generally is slow in progression for most. In some cases the disease goes into remission for years for some patients. Should you consider seeing Prof. Seegenschmiedt you could undergo the first session of RT depending if the Prof. considers RT is an option and have the 2nd session back in Australia. Regards.

Hi Guys. Alanm now trading as alanm1 due to a lost password. I tried to track down 2 so-called "progressive" hand surgeons in Brisane to see where they were coming from. One was very helpful and diligent but spent a lot of time trying to convince me not to have RT. The other one, a bit quirky but also tried to convince me of the evils of RT. I had some therapy booked with Professor S in Hamburg but my new job dictated a different travel schedule and can't do that now (Still have to get from Paris to Hamburg to fly out though). I's rtill be interested to hear aboout RT in Brisbane though if anyone has had the pleasure. Cheers