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Pilot with Dupuytrens
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06/19/2004 23:08
Norman Groenewald

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06/19/2004 23:08
Norman Groenewald

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Pilot with Dupuytrens

I am an Airline Pilot who was diagnosed with Depuytrens about 2 years ago. I would like to hear from any other Pilot's who might have the same condition, regarding how it may have affected your career, and any treatment that you may have undertaken?

06/21/2004 23:23
Richard 
06/21/2004 23:23
Richard 
DP for pilots

I am a private pilot with many years and hours..If flying was my sole source of income, I would definitely explore NA vs Surgery..Your "down-time" with NA would be minimal, maybe a couple of days vs surgery with possible months of recovery. I had NA for a 90 degree small finger and 20 degree ring finger in April; recuperation was 1 day and today my hand is flat.. Dr. Eaton in Jupiter,Fl, I feel, is the #1 NA expert in the US and would be my first stop in exploring NA.

07/07/2004 23:03
SPENCER

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07/07/2004 23:03
SPENCER

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PILOTS

I AM A 27 YEAR PILOT WITH DUP'S AND JUST HAD MY FIRST SURGERY. WOULD RECOMMEND NOT HAVING AN OPERATION UNTIL ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. I FLEW FOR 15 YEARS WITH THE CONDITION ON MY LEFT HAND WITH NO ILL EFFECTS. FULL RECOVERY WILL TAKE SEVERAL MONTHS, AND UP TO SIX MONTHS FOR STRENUOUS ACTIVITY...PULL-UPS. RECOMMEND TRYING ALTERNATIVES FIRST, EVEN IF TEMPORARY.

SF,
SPENCER

07/08/2004 23:50
ANON EMUS

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07/08/2004 23:50
ANON EMUS

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depuytrens in toes?

I still cannot understand why anyone with D/C can even contemplate undergoing traditional surgery when Aponevrotomy (NA) is readily available?

Some people just don't get it and suffer the consequences.

07/16/2005 23:31
mark 
07/16/2005 23:31
mark 
depuytrens in toes?

I have depuytrens in early stage in one hand. Recently I've noticed a fatty buildup under one of my big toes. Does anyone know if Depuytrens can extend beyond the hand or if there's a comparable disease affecting the feet or toes?

07/17/2005 23:51
marjorie 
07/17/2005 23:51
marjorie 
pilot with dp

Dupuytrens in the feet is called Ledderhosens disease

10/12/2005 23:35
John

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10/12/2005 23:35
John

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pilot with dp

I'm a 60 yr old comm. pilot and I have been flying since 1961 thats about 45yrs,I have had Dupuytren's in my right hand for about twenty years,and I'm just getting around to haveing the problem "fixed" if thats a good word,In that time I have never had any problem flying any airplane or passing a 1st Class for an ATP,I would like to understand that that you are 27yrs old and you have been flying for 15yrs "OK" but that would have made you only 12yrs old when you started flying,however I don't think that this Dupuytren's should be a problem in any case

10/26/2005 23:25
Annetta Conlan

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10/26/2005 23:25
Annetta Conlan

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DC

What is N/A?

10/26/2005 23:07
Wolfgang Wach

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10/26/2005 23:07
Wolfgang Wach

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NA

To Annetta:

see
www.handcenter.org/newfile16.htm or
www.dupuytren.org or
www.dupuytren-online.info

you will also find hundreds of psosts on NA in this forum. It might take a while to read it but it's worth it.

Wolfgang

10/26/2005 23:36
Tolucca

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10/26/2005 23:36
Tolucca

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Bring It On!

Wolfgang,

For a guy who has never had NA, from a country that doesn't generally respect NA, I must say I admire your diligence to investigate it from a distance and evaluate it's worth.....even to the point of recommending that others do the same.

If I was hanging with you having great German bear in the evening, I'd be sure to be having radiation treatment by day until the course was through. I'm jealous, not having the opportunity to put my yet to be operated on hand down for a chance at something close to remission. Your recent attendance here among us mostly Yanks brings an informed international perspective.

For the first time, the Net has given patients the ability to gain the knowledge to influence the future course of treatment. No longer are we the isolated uninformed consumers of the care giving, equally isolated intelagencia. We have become informed agents of change, influancing the sometimes too complacent and conservative medical establishment toward the best of the Cutting Edge.

I'm talking about risky Voodoo, but clinically proven methods coming more quickly to the fore within the otherwise slow moving tradition of medical practice.

Many Germans may soon experience the benefits of NA. And if we can find a way around the ridiculous pricing of radiation from basic, old, and inexpensive equipment, we just might help many North Americans avoid NA altogether. Recent posts have shown that the current price for basic radiation treatment in the US has no apparent relation to the cost to provide it. That's Nuts.

The exchange of current, verifiable information regarding medical methods, practice and fees on an international basis opens a lot of otherwise closed eyes.

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