TW,

The twitching in your legs is Restless Legs Syndrome and is unrelated to DC.

There's lots of helpful advice on their website:
http://www.rls.org/

I lost many night's sleep because I couldn't lie down without the kicking starting. I solved it with large doses of folic acid, one of the recommendations from their web site.

Judy

HELP HELP HELP!!!!!!
As i sit here in tears from this painful disease.I need your help. If you have this disease and had surgery and they returned .Please e-mail me about your experience.
I have 2 large lumps on the bottom of my foot.I had one removed and it returned, So My DR told me i was not a candidate for surgery again. because they do return.I know oh so well. I have filed for disabliity after 35 yrs. of working. I need proof from all over that these lumps does return again.If you have had surgery please e-mail me about your problems after surgery.I have a pain management appointment March 8 to hopefully get some relief.
Please help me so i can get my disabliity!!
God be with each one.And i pray that if you have this dreadful disease you too can get help!!!!!!
Good Luck and God Bless
Sherry

To any and all suffering from Ledderhose/Dupuytrens or almost any other pain.. PLEASE, whatever you do, no matter how good it feels in the beginning, STAY AWAY FROM OXYCONTIN. I would almost rather have my feet cut off than be addicted/possessed by Oxycontin. It was a blessing in the beginning, but now the only way I can get off this nightmare drug is by rapid detox, at 8-12 thousand dollars, which I don't have short of winning the lottery. I hear people are having positive results with acupuncture for the disease(s). There's also a rub-on called Verapamil from PDLABS (800-687-9014) that has worked for numerous people. ANYTHING BUT NARCOTICS!

Well, having pretty much disregarded a small lump for a couple months, now it has gotten a bit larger and with more tenderness. Having read alot of the posts here and elsewhere I am now in that wonderful position of deciding what to do next. Surgery just does not sound good, both how long the recovery period is and also its success (or lack thereof) rate. Guess I am one of the gang now!

Quick (possibly silly) question....can someone let me know exactly what NA means here? I have some guesses, but am curious as to what the abbreviation means as used here.

Thanks and thanks to all with very informative posts!

I too have a lump on the bottom of my arch on my left foot. I believe it is hereditary and I have heard that it can be mis-diagnosed as arthritis. My mother has had 11 foot surgeries (6 on one foot and 5 on the other) and 2 surgeries on her one hand. I first found the lump on my left foot when I was 32 (1997) and had the surgery done that same year by an orthopaedic surgeon as it quickly became uncomfortable walking. My surgeon didn't believe in physio and my recovery took about 3-4 months before I could walk without discomfort. It was back within a year in the same spot and this time I went to a different orthopaedic surgeon who said it was detail work that should be done by a plastic surgeon therefore I had the surgery done by the plastic surgeon. The second time around I went to physio as soon as the stitches were out and was back running within 3-4 wks. I was clear for about 3 yrs then it's been back for the last couple of years, but it has really started to bug me in the last 2 months. I looked at some of the pictures on the net and saw how bad it can look on the foot - never has mine looked so bad - I would describe mine as a one inch lump on my arch. It's not nearly as bad as what I saw in photos, which makes me wonder if I should be considering surgery at what might be considered an early stage, however it has effected me adversely. I run quite regularly and since the lump has always been on my left foot, it's always my left side that gives me trouble and keeps putting me back in the chiropractor's office. Any ways, I'm back in the plastic surgeon's office for a consult and will ask more questions, but expect that I will have the surgery again. The thing that really concerns me is that I am at least 10 yrs younger than my mother was when she found her first lump on her foot. Mine keeps coming back around the surgical incision.