DUPUYTREN'S CONTRACTIVE

I had it in my left hand, a moderate nodule on the ring finger tendon, no pain, but it was bothering me. I play piano and bass and wanted it fixed before it bent down my finger. I had surgery. The recovery (large cut in the palm of your hand) was hard, but my doc was good and it healed.

2 years later the nodule was back, small but faster-growing than the first one. It grew moderately large, no bending of finger, BUT the pain was excruciating. If I bent my finger back it felt like a needle was going through the upper palm of my hand. Even without bending, I woke each day in pain, and then during the day felt it at some level. The darn thing was right on a nerve. I told my band mates I may need surgery again but will try to put it off until 2017. (The recovery before I can play guitar again is about 3 months.) I massaged, it tried, oils, etc. It all made it worse.

I developed a sore shoulder and nothing worked. So my friend said try Turmeric. I started taking 4-6 a day, with little relief. So I increased it to 10. My shoulder pain subsided. HOWEVER, a few weeks later I realized mid-day I had no pain in my hand. None. I then noticed the DUPUYTREN'S nodule had shrunk dramatically, and was about 1/4 its original size. I was shocked. I stretched my ring finger back, which in the past triggered intense pain. Now, just very mild discomfort and mostly along the original surgery scar.

That was about one month ago (mid-July 2016). I continue taking 10 pills a day of Tumeric, and the nodule may have shrunk a bit more, but I have NO pain. It is as if I do not have DUPUYTREN'S in my hand at all.

TRY IT. Take it religiously. My hunch is after 2-4 weeks you night see a dramatic improvement. If you don't, big deal. You tried. If you do....Good luck. My email is militarybooks@sbcglobal.net if you want any more info. I don't check blogs much.

Wolfgang

Thank you.

How much Turmeric are you taking? (When I did 2, 4 and even 6 a day--nothing). When I upped it to 8 and 10 for several weeks--wham.)

Coincidence--based upon what? If I have a fever and take some homeopathic substance and the fever goes away--that could be coincidence.

But according to my hand surgeon, Dupuytren's never reduces on its own. It only moves in one direction--it gets worse by getting larger, and slides up the tendon in elongated fashion until it curls the finger. (It is usually NOT associated with intense pain.)

(The cancer part--that's your call. It makes no sense to me since it could not hurt someone and provides back story, but this is not my forum so have at it).

Edited 08/20/16 18:07

Thanks for this.

Being a cause and effect person, and having had this before with no remission in the past, I am fairly confident the Tumeric, taken just 2-3 weeks intensely before the nodule noticeably reduced and the pain vanished, is good evidence it was not coincidence. But, who knows?

I am concerned that if I stop taking it, it will come back and then not go into remission again, so I will continue to take it.

Militarybooks:

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After reading this (below) on your site, I am surprised you offered the opinion it was merely coincidence.

http://www.dupuytren-online.info/Forum_E...-dc-4_2794.html

Militarybooks:

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Never once did I say it would work for anyone else or it was a "wonder drug."

I will keep you posted, each month as it continues. But then, six months from now, the same "coincidence" argument will be made, meaning we will be back logically where we are right now.

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TRY IT. Take it religiously. My hunch is after 2-4 weeks you night see a dramatic improvement.