Jerry, Would you be so kind as to post the other sites these new people can read besides WALTS you know.. the flare ups and such.. You are such a help with these.. they just have to READ THEM!!!!!!!!
Thanks again.. Linda.. the one that hates to fly..lol

Just want to let you all know what was up with me. I had surgry back in the late 80's and it was a long recovery, and the pain immince, and scaring was prominet.

The DC came back with vengence and has almsot closed my left hand.I have seen many Othopedic surgens since the dc has returned and have been told by them to wait for a non surgical method, ie Collansse or NA. Well as you all know we haven't seen the Collanasse treatment open to the public, and have been told we won't until they find funding.Due to the lack of a poster spokesman for or cause.
So I tried all of the NA contacts here in the states, and have been told that I am not a canadate for NA because of the scaring from the previous Surgry. Dr Eaton said sorry I can't help you, You will need to have surgry.. So did the other Dr's.
So to make a long story short the NA procedure is not a cure all for all. I would recomend to you that are thinking surgry don't, do the NA first not second.
I am looking at a very long recovery time which will include skin grafs and the possability of more than one operation.

Dear Bruce,

I'm so sorry to hear about your situation. Many of us are hoping the next generations of DC sufferers will not have to go through experiences like yours as NA becomes mainstream. Please let us know how everything turns out for you.

Take care and God Bless,

Frances

Thanks for the report Sherry. I'm going to guess that your pinkie that went from 80 to 30 was the *PIP* joint (second from palm). It's always harder to straighten than the MPC (next to the palm). According to Eaton's web site, the average straightening of a PIP is 50%, which in your case would have been to 40 degrees. And the ring finger from 30 to 0. Was that A PIP also?

What we are seeing from reading these posts is that if you are going to go the NA route, do it ASAP. The sooner you do it, the better results.

Without having experience with NA myself, I think Randy is right. The probability that NA helps decreases with the stage of the disease. According to www.dupuytren.org the odds are

RESULTS STAGE 1 STAGE 2 STAGE 3 STAGE 4
GOOD 92,6 % 77,7 % 71,2 % 56,5 %
BAD 7,4 % 22,3 % 28,8 % 43,5 %

If you look at the "excellent" results alone, the relation is even more obvious:

Result STAGE 1 STAGE 2 STAGE 3 STAGE 4
Excellent 79,7 % 41,6 % 23,6 % 9,2 %

The message is clear: don't wait too long, have NA latest at 90 degrees, better at 45 or 30.

Wolfgang