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Dupuytren's disease?

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  • Member since
    February 2003
  • From: Cameron, Texas
Posted by Texgunner on Thursday, August 6, 2015 12:08 PM

Those hand problems are no fun.  I can empathize, I started loosing feeling in my little finger around '82 or so.  The numbness and tingling (with sharp, stabbing pain) spread, one by one, to the rest of my right hand.  Two surgeries fixed the pain, the numbness remained.  As said, one learns to compensate for it (I started shooting left-handed for one) but it and the other maladies mentioned already, does complicate our model building!

Gary


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  • Member since
    July 2004
  • From: Sonora Desert
Posted by stikpusher on Thursday, August 6, 2015 11:21 AM

I have something called "cubital tunnel syndrome" in my left arm/hand which at times effects the pinky, ring, and middle fingers and can radiate all the way back up to the shoulder when it is at its worst. Not much fun and it can severly curtail the use and dexterity of my left hand. right now it more of a constant mild tingling and numbness that I have learned to live with.

 

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  • Member since
    July 2013
Posted by DURR on Thursday, August 6, 2015 10:48 AM

join the club  my left hand the ring and pinky are curled in can't get gloves on in winter  they get in the way as i do things like models ..i have them straightened  a few times but after a couple months the revert and start to curl again been like this a few yrs   you will get used to it and learn how to work with just the other two fingers and thumb

  • Member since
    September 2012
Posted by GMorrison on Thursday, August 6, 2015 10:31 AM

I know you are NOT trolling for sympathy, but I will go ahead and say that I'm sorry to hear about that. Keep us posted and I think we are all getting to the point where we are devising certain "work arounds".

 

Good luck, Mark.

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  • Member since
    January 2006
  • From: Sarasota, FL
Dupuytren's disease?
Posted by RedCorvette on Thursday, August 6, 2015 10:27 AM

I was diagnosed with Dupuytren's a few months ago.  (It's a incurable, hereditary disease that can eventually cause disfigurement of the hands, usually affecting the pinky and ring fingers).  

Just was wondering if anyone else here has it and if it had affected their modeling ability.

It's primarily affecting my right hand at this point and I've had to give up playing golf.  Not sure what the future holds.  

Mark 

 

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