Jay, assuming that you were diagnosed as dp ...
Personally I wonder what kind of a knife-happy doctor/surgeon would decide for surgery to remove a lump !
The general concensus (read the messages in this forum) is that surgery should be performed only when the patient really has practical problems using the hand(s).
In some cases dp comes back with a vengeance after surgery.
Surgery is not a real cure!!! It just removes some of the symptoms of the disease.
So, my lay advice would be not to go for another surgery, at least not as long as you can use your hands in a rather normal way, and the pain is not too bad.

Hi there. Just noticed a lot of the posts on his site are a couple years old. Has anyone haad luck with their respective methods of treatment? I had a DC removed by surgery from my left hand 1 year ago, and noticed 6 months ago that its back. Im only 30 years old and do not wish to have surgery every year or two for the rest of my life. Anyone have luck with any alternative therapies?
Any suggestions, sane or completely wacko, are more than welcome.
Thanx

Hi, Hannah. Just a quick overview:I'm 55 and just had my 2nd surgery on Jan.6( so my typing is still a bit slow). Both of my surgeries were done by a hand surgeon - an orthopedic surgeon with special training in hands. Here in Raleigh, the Hand Clinic has 3 surgeons and 3 therapists, and they have a thriving practice. After surgery, you get therapy about once a week, including heat and ultrasound. We also get a routine of exercises to keep the scar tissue stretched out. This includes working with a ball of putty-like material and sleeping with a splint. If you have any specific questions, send them to my email address.

While attending a seminar I met a hand surgeon and showed
him my stage 1 DC. He concurred and suggested that I wait
for the acceptance of the colaagenase treatment. He said thet he is the reviewer for the reports submitted for
publication and that in his opinion, the treatment looks
very promising especially for localized conytractures. It
was a brief encounter. I asked about Neuroapiectomy, and
he said that local fasciectomy and complete fasciectomy were
the standard of care in US (yadda-yadda.) But, he said that the collagenase (Clostridium toxin) was worth waiting for.
I have no other information and am just passing along this
anecdote. This forum is a great site. Thanks.

Hannah.
I am a 65yr old female from England, living in States for 50 yrs. Had disease since my late 30's. Have had 6 surgeries and expecting to have another one in April.I even had skin grafting on little fingers. One hand surgeon wanted to take it off.My Lt. hand is the worse, that's my writing hand. Have had 4 surgeries, with physical therapy,splints, heat etc etc. Nothing has stopped the progression. Sometimes 5 yrs will go by without any changes then in a yr. boom. I have both hands bad now.My doctor in Michigan measures them every 6 mnths. and when they get too bad suggest surgery.My father had this disase and lost 2 fingers. My grandma also had this I think, but in the years back people thought it was just arthritis. Hope this has been a help to somebody.