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Tuesday, September 10, 2019

Dupuytren's Contracture part two, wow was awesome !

Where are we today ?
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     Hey another great sleep and I really slept in until 5:45 this morning perfect. 62F at that time and gonna be a wonderful warm sunny day, too bad the afternoon will be spent in the car and doctors office, at least a wonderful day for the drive 1 hour each way. I got a nice morning walkabout enjoying this mild weather. puttered around, we discussed travelling options for this winter, so many choices, nothing carved in stone as we usually just wing it anyway for  awhile Then enjoyed a light tasty lunch, and a nice long hot shower incase I can't have one for a few days after today.
            This afternoon we headed into Stratford to see DR. Alanna Fitzpatrick for a 2:30 appointment  to straighten my permanently bent baby finger, this is known as Dupuytren's Contracture  Pronounced  "Dupe-uh-trins" most likely hereditary, my mother had this and is common with ancestry from England and France which I have on both my mother's and father's side. This is not to be confused with trigger finger that can lock in a bent position but can be straightened, mine cannot be straightened without surgery or the injection. I chose the injection though it was not covered under our health insurance, because it is less invasive and a quicker recovery.
enjoying the one hour drive on the back roads to Stratford 
4 roundabouts on this route we really like
          The injection last Tuesday let the enzymes work and back today for the final straightening. The injected enzymes did the trick and some of the cords that caused the Contracure had already been broken. My young doctor sure knew what she was doing, She froze my fingers painlessly, And once that was in place she massaged the cords and straightened my finger , Wow! No pain , and I was all concerned about this procedure for nothing. Simple easy and no surgery we were impressed. Especially me I can now straighten this finger yippee ! Mind you I need to go to therapy  for exercises to stretch the tendons and wear a splint at night for a while but feels so good.              
Not bad for only one week. Paying for the drug sure was worth it.
Here I am waiting for Doc to straighten my finger
the splint I will wear at night
I can now straighten this finger and will get better
as I do the stretching exercises
        We go back to the hospital in Stratford this Thursday for the therapy session to work on the tendons that have been cramped up for years. 
        We got back home before 5 pm and was till 83 F , perfect, so a short Happy hour just the 2 of us and fired up our Weber Q to grill a couple of Turkey burgers  for a wonderful tasty supper.
love these turkey burgers
english muffins in foil to warm up
fully dressed sure hit the spot tonight
     Now to enjoy more of this very warm evening outside wrapping up the posting. Ken Wilson  dropped by to chat for a bit see how my finger was doing. And it was wonderful, no pain no issues. Feels so great that I will soon have full use of it again.
    Thanks again for dropping by and hope y'all had a wonderful day as well.

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18 comments:

  1. Oh my no!!! That looks SO painful!!!! Nice you were able to fix it without surgery.

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    1. Nancy surprisingly very little pain , feels like some bruising much less than I thought the freezing came out overnight and I am good to go. Sure beats surgery and the healing process.

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  2. Awesome, the young doc sure did right by you! Finger still looks a bit puffy, but it can be straightened now.
    Is it the rural route you really like, or those 4 roundabouts?

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    1. It was awesome she does know her stuff that's for sure, its is bit puffy but will soon be back to normal. We love the back roads here and these roundabouts are new in the last few years. We are getting them everywhere sure keeps the traffic moving better thanks stop signs our traffic lights.

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  3. So happy for you George! Now for the therepy and it will be as good as new

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    1. Thank you JO feels so much better already the therapy with the proper exercises will soon it will be back all good again.

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  4. Well done. So happy for you that it was painless. Lets hope that this is the final fix. Be sure to do those exercise every day, you don't want to waste the money you spent.

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    1. This was wonderful I loved it and worried about nothing. Thursday I will go the hand therapist and find out what to do. It feels so much better already.

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    1. Thank you sure is nice to get this done so quickly.

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  6. That's awesome George about your finger! I'm sure PT will make it better quickly! Does seem funny insurance would cover surgery but not the out patient. Dinner looks so yummy! Gotta love turkey burgers! WE've got roundabouts going in everywhere too..but it sure helps the traffic!

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    1. Yes it is awesome, the PT will get it all back in shape again. Our healthy insurance in Ontario covers surgury etc. but not drugs. We really like our Turkey burgers as well these are so tasty.
      These roundabouts sure do keep the traffic moving.

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  7. To straiten you finger with this procedure is not very well known. Bet there are many, many people out there who wish they were told that this would be possible without surgery. Should be made more public.

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    1. It is relatively new procedure in the last 4-5 years i have a few friends that have had the injection and liked it. The surgery is paid for by OHIP but the injection is not cost us $1,400.00. Most people opt out for th surgery.

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  8. What great news that the injection worked!! That amount is nothing to sneeze at.... but worth every penny knowing it worked.

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    1. I am so happy with the results and yes worth every penny , too bad it is not covered though.

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  9. Congrats on the straightened finger! It will seem weird having it back to normal. Weird but great!

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    1. Thank you feels much better already just some exercises to get full movement back.

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