Peggy,

Please, if you can, giver us details such as what finger joints, beginning and ending (improved) degrees of contracture, and the history of your disease.

You Go Girl.

RBH

I had the NA procedure from Dr. Eaton last week and played golf 2 days later. I went from a 30 degree ring and little finger to a completely flat hand. He injected the nodules with cortisone and they have already substantially decreased in size. Peggy is correct in her take on Dr. Eaton and his fine staff.
We stayed at the Best Western where there were 4 other people from out of state checked in for the same reason. Just after we entered our room the desk clerk called to see if I'd like to meet a man from Baltimore who just returned from Dr. Eaton's office. His fingers were more than 45 degrees and after the NA session were completely flat.

I enjoyed body surfing in the warm ocean water of Southern Florida but I'm glad that I live in beautiful Ventura County California.

I had the needle in Paris 5- years ago but its back and would like to have more information onsomeone that can do it in the US.

I drove to Dr. Eaton’s office this morning (about 100 miles) and got back home around 2PM. The ring and little fingers on my left hand had a 40-degree bend. In about 30 minutes he had all the fingers on the hand straightened to completely flat. There was a small bit of pain, but quite bearable. Dr. Eaton is a very personable and very enjoyable. We held a conversation during the complete procedure. I now have 5 small Band-Aids where he made the cuts. Most of the feeling is returning to the fingers. As of right now I am really happy with the procedure.

I had a regular hand operation about 5 years ago on the same hand, which had about the same bend as this time. The results of the first operation were very satisfactory except the recovery time was a couple of months. I expect to be able to use my hand by the end of this week. The problem had returned in about 4 years and when I talked with the surgeon about the fix this time, he started to talk about blood vessels being destroyed and skin grafts. I lost interest very quickly.

I plan to get the right hand fixed in April.

Dr. Eaton told me that Dr. Zidel who works with him does the same procedures and also studied in Paris.

It has now been 2 weeks since I had NA by Dr. Eaton. The hand is now well and I have resumed full use of it. The fingers are completely straight and back to where they were before this disease started. No loss of feeling. The severed cord has greatly reduced in size. Not counting gasoline the cost was $700. The HMO wouldn't pay for it.

Thanks to Dr. Eaton and his staff!

PK1