I have a question I was hoping some of you pros could answer for me.

First a brief explaination of my situation. I started noticing my DC in 1996. I've now got about 6 nodules on my palm; three of them being somewhat large and sometimes painful. I've got one large nodule on my pinky located between the two bottom knuckles. It too is sometimes painful. I had NA last October(2005) and it seemed to shrink the nodules and straighten my finger fairly well. Unfortunetly about 4 months ago it all started returning. The three nodules on my palm and pinky are back to the same size as before the NA. Also, my pinky finger is now bent about half way back to the way it was before NA. I suspect if left untreated it will eventually go all the way back to the way it was before NA.

My question is:
In Winter 2005 about 9 months BEFORE my NA treatment, I went to a hand surgeon. He told me to fix my DC would require surgery. He explained the procedure, the after-care and cost. (The cost was considerable.) I'm self employeed and unfortunetly I do not have health insurance. So I asked the doctor that instead of doing full all-out complete surgery would it be possible to just cut out the 4 big nodules. The ones that were sometimes painful and bothered me the most. His reply was "NO" and he didn't really explain very well why this could not be done. Now I know the procedure I suggested would not straingten my finger, but I was hoping it would get rid of the most bothersome nodules. I asked, what about the nodule on my pinky. The one that is the biggest, most painful and the one that bothers me th most. His reply again was, "No this could not be done."

***** Does anybody know why this cannot be done? Why they can't just cut out one or two of the really bothersome nodules? *****
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much.