Nan, yes thank you, that's what I had thought I had seen. I am thinking the 4-6 week time frame the doctor is giving me is off. But I guess it could be different between Ledderhose and Duyputrens? Still seems off though. How are you doing now with your hand that was treated? Did Dr S say a timeframe for noticing any results?
Tamara

Good to hear Nan. Yes, I am going to find Prof S info an send the first email. That is too big a discrepancy in treatment and thus I have now made my decision not to go back for second round next week in San Diego. It feels good to make the decision and the choice!

Tamara

After tracking and evaluating the area of the new bumps/nodules in my affected foot, it seems more obvious that this is the area of my foot causing pain with walking due to it being a weight bearing area. My larger fibroma in the middle of the arch seems to have stabilized in terms of size and tenderness.

I decided to see a new podiatrist for a second opinion since the last one didn't seem to care or think my pain was a result of anything other than plantar fasciitis. My symptoms were so atypical from plantar fasciitis I couldn't accept that as the correct diagnosis.

The podiatrist today seemed way more interested in a patient (me) who has done research on the matter and he was willing to have an educated discussion on my foot pain and fibroma treatment. My large fibroma was very obvious. The 2 smaller bumps weren't so straight forward. They are small and soft and the best I can tell seem to be liquid filled more like a cyst rather than a fibroma. The podiatrist wasn't 100% sure whether the lumps were cysts or fibromas but we came to the conclusion together that as a conservative treatment we would use a cortisone injection directly into the lump to see if it helped. The larger lump was injected as it seemed to be the cause of the pain.

I'll probably hear some disagreement about treating a foot bump without complete confirmation on what it is. After all the research I've done I feel confident that cortisone is the method I would use in either a cyst or a fibroma in terms of first line conservative treatment. I had an MRI done and the 2 smaller lumps were so small that there wasn't an obvious diagnosis for them.

I've been dealing with pain in the area of the foot for over 2 months now and it is severely affecting my quality of life. I have no idea what the outcome of this treatment will be, but I'm trying to be optimistic. Just 12 hours following the treatment I'm still having pain in the area but possibly due to the trauma involved with the injection. I'll track it over the next few days before I decide whether it was a success or not. I'm really hoping for a positive outcome. As usual I'll keep everyone posted as my story progresses.

Great to hear how it goes Prickler. Good luck and i hope this works for you. Can i ask why you decided on the shot? Its one of the options i haven't looked into much but i may research. Hope your pain is minimal and recovery speedy.

6 days since the cortisone injection and the painful lump is more tender than before. Epic fail so far and very frustrating!! The lump hasn't shrunk at all and I think the poking from the needle just made it more irritated. I'm going to email the podiatrist in a few days and see what he thinks. I'm assuming a week should be enough time to expect relief from a cortisone injection if its going to work.