Dear No Name,

Up here the 'doctors wanting to make money' argument doesn't apply because a)the surgery is covered by all our provincial health plans, b)our doctors are so overworked and over booked they don't have to scramble for patients.

So, as I have said... we chose NA because of scaring and reoccurance rates....treatment whether surgery or NA is a matter of personal choice that is to be made between a patient, their doctor, and their loved ones. BUT, NA practitioners are so rare that many of us sit on this forum telling people about NA so the word will spread and more surgeons will become interested in performing it.

As for choice of doctor, again, that's personal. Many of us argued for Paris-training because we were concerned that unqualified people would start performing NA for the big bucks it can bring in. If we sounded like a bunch of raving lunatics, you'll just have to get over it, we were, and still are concerned for the patients well-being and the integity of NA as it spreads. Afterall...we've all seen horor stories on 60 Minutes about medical treatment being performed by dentists etc....and godforbid our beloved NA get picked up by someone who is not qualified...if that happened you could be sure we patients would get blamed for NA becoming a backroom hokus pokus procedure.

I can assure you, one incidence of NA being botched up by someone unqualified would give a Canadian doctor mountains of amunition to shoot NA down.

Anon

P.S. I don't give out my email either for security reasons.

I take it you are Canadian. Have you had NA treatment in Canada or the USA? I have contacted Dr. Binhammer of Toronto by email after calling his office this month. I would like to share with you what happened in that phone call and email,if you are interested.
This happened after my GP sent my referral by fax to them. I am hopefully headed that way in 4 or 5 months for the first treatment ever. I am 53, female and in early stage on my left hand only.

Anon,

How about Dr Spacek in Montreal. Is she Paris trained?

I am sixty and just went a hand doctor that told me I had Dupuytren's Disease. Very early stage. He said do nothing until the hand began to curl. I have spent a day on the net looking up things on Dupuytren's Disease that I had never heard of until yesterday. The doctor said it could be 8 to 10 years until I needed to do anything about the hand but that it certainly could be sooner if I had a more server case. Said it was too early to tell yet. Wanted me to watch the hand and if I say any major change to call him back. He certainly said no surgery anytime soon so I don't think he is looking to make a fee. Guess my question is the following: "does it hurt anything to wait since it seems like nothing cures it and maybe the NA will catch on before I need anything done". I am going to my regular doctor for physical in two weeks and will get his input then too.

It certainly sounds like a trigger finger. In DD the finger will not straighten once contracted.

See a Hand Surgeon for an evaluation and probably a cortisone injection.

Sincerely,
Gary Pess, MD
http://centraljerseyhand.com