My Dupuytren's Journey

I had an ultrasound scan about 8 days ago. I got an appointment at very short notice. The radiographer told me that she thought my nodule was a ganglion because she could see the tract from the tendon. I said that I'd been to see a professor who was pretty convinced that it's a DD nodule and she back tracked a little, but not completely. I spoke to Cathy at the trial and she told me that they would check carefully and that it's  unlikely to be a ganglion. Yesterday cathy rang to let me know that I've passed the screening and I am now booked in for my first injection on 5th june.

I have Dupuytren's Disease. I have known this for definite for just under a week, but have suspected it for around 6 weeks. I noticed a lump in the palm of my hand around six week ago. I don't know why I noticed it - I think I felt a pain in my hand and I remember sitting on the sofa and feeling the palm of my hand only to find a definite lump. I immediately googled 'lump in palm of hand' to see if I could come up with any suggestions as to what it might be, and pretty much instantly found myself reading about Dupuytren's Disease. This did not sound particularly good, and looking at some of the images did not help, hands with fingers curled into the palm, white cords running across their palms. I fitted the bill - small, pea sized nodule in the palm of my right hand, under my ring finger. Not painful unless I applied pressure to it. Reading on, it seemed that early diagnosis would be key to a better prognosis, so I made an appointment to see my GP in a few weeks...