hello sean,
re the type of surgery--i am not sure what it is called. i will ask on fri when i see the doctor for my follow up visit.
he cut up the palm and into my pinky and part of the ring finger. he said he removed the nodules and that they were wrapped around nerves and ligaments. he had to "move nerves around". my pinky is numb and he said it might be that way for 2-6 mos. did you experience that?
thank you for the tips on hand cream, night brace and exercising the hand. i will try to be diligent about those suggestions.
any particular type of hand cream?
thanks again,
carol

thank you for the info.
it is encouraging to hear that your surgery has worked out well for you.
are you of northern european descent too? does anyone else in your family have dc?
at what age did you start to have symptoms?
carol

carol:

There is no reason to look at NA Vs OS as an "either/or" decision. Having NA does not preclude your having traditional surgery later. The only issue with NA is a predicted higher rate of recurrence. If that is the case with you, traditional surgery is still an option. Yes, it's a long flight to Florida from LA, but, "on your other hand", there will essentially be no recovery time. Only you can judge how important that is, especially once you've recovered from your recent surgery.

It is doubtful Dr. Roy Meals will be of the opinion that NA will be of any value to you. However, having experienced both the traditional surgery, and NA from Dr. Eaton, let's just say I happen to be in a very unique position to critique your surgeon's current position regarding NA.....He's out to lunch. Great Surgeon though.

Frankly, having been through almost exactly what is happening to you, I'd concentrate on recovery and try not worry about a decision you may not need to make for some time, if ever. Just know you have a viable option should you ever decide you want or need one.

Out of the blue this morning, I see 230 posts about NA copied to the top of the forum where Carol is the obvious person who did the copying and praising a poster to fly from LA to Fl. For me, this just ruled out NA as fakery/ quackery. Keep up the good work Carol. How much do you get per patient?

That's correct carol. The recovery from the first surgery was more difficult that I had thought it might be. I just figured I'd Cowboy Up for it......Not! Then to add insult to the surgical injury, there were the lumps forming on my other hand. That's when I searched harder and found this web site.

It took a while to believe that NA was safe and effective when the hand surgeons I talked to were definately not of that opinion. However, the posts on this and Eaton's site persuaded me to give it a try on my other hand. I have no recurrence from either procedure so far, however the NA hand is doing far far better than the surgical hand.

I've got to give these hand surgeons some Grace. They really can't possibly know the actual facts about NA. If they had all the facts about both of my procedures, the'd all be doing NA in a heartbeat. They just don't get it.