Dupuytren's Contracture part two, wow was awesome !

Where are we today ?

Rock Glen resort

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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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