On SEPT 25/98 i WAS DIAGNOSED WITH DUPUYTREN IN THE RIGHT FOOT I HAD SURGERY
DONE ON FEB.16/99 IT CAME BACK I AM RESHEDULE
FOR SURGERY, HAS ANYONE BEEN DIAGNOSED
WITH THE SAME . PLEASE REPLY

I have a contracture pulling the little finger of my left hand. Also a lump on the big toe tendon of my left foot, below the ball of my foot. Finally, two small sized lumps on my right foot, both in the arch area, spaced about an inch apart.

The foot lumps hurt, especially when I get up on the morning and my feet are stiff. I am concerned about surgery screwing up my feet. I'd like to believe that if I hold out long enough, something might develop on the cordase injection front so I don't have to have surgery.

I have just been diagnosed with a large dupuytrens nodule in my right foot. Surgery is planned for 22/01/2000. Does anyone have any information?

This is my first posting to this forum, and I am glad to have found it. It's nice to hear from others with this disease. I will give a brief history in case it helps anyone with similar symptoms.

I have DC in left little finger/palm, a knuckle pad on right middle finger, and in both feet (though I think it's called fibro-matosis of the plantor facia instead of DC). My Doctor said that the operation on the feet is different from the hand because they can't easily take out just the nodules - they would have to take out the whole plantar facia (in other words, the arch ligament structure). That sounds pretty serious to me, so I am delaying that surgery as long as I can. My feet also hurt most in the morning, but after I get going they don't bother me much. Sometines I get cramping and sharp pains, but not enough to get surgery. I can still walk, hike, and play racquetball, so I am afraid to get surgery yet - it might be worse afterwards.

I have had DC in my left hand (little finger) for the last 23 years (I am 45 now), and have had 2 surgeries. It is back again even worse - into my palm now, and I am contemplating surgery again this winter. My Dr. says that he thinks it's best to wait as long as possible between surgeries to minimize trauma to the tissue. It gets harder to recover after each surgery.

I also have a knuckle pad on right middle finger, on the 2nd knuckle (the one you normally knock with!) That hurts sometimes, but I am waiting on surgery for that too.

I am curious about anyone who has had the plantar facia removed. What were the effects of this? Do you recommend the surgery?

By the way, I have another rare genetic disorder: Stargardt's disease in my retina. Does anyone else with DC have that?

Best regards to all,

Jack
(Seattle area)

Oh by the way Ledderhose disease is the name they give to those who have Dupyutren on their feet...