Dupuytren's in modern literature

Just for the fun of it I looked into books that mention or suggest Dupuytren's in one of the characters. So far I found these:

-Dreampoint by Steve Atkins (someone looking for a cure found by a tribe in Peru)
-Dupuytren's Contracture by Colin Ball (a patient in a coma after complications to his surgery)
-Catastrophe ( a short play) by Samuel Beckett (mentions the hand of a character being clawlike due to fibrous degeneration- Beckett himself had Dupuytren's as well)
-The Hundred days by Patrick O'Brian (Aubrey Maturin book)(a hand only, preserved in wine and brought aboard ship by Amos Jacobsgiven to Maturin as a hand of luck; it is later eaten by a dog )
-Revenge is Sweet + Dead Wrong by Betta Ferrendelli (Samantha Church novels book 2 and 3, mention a charater with a finger bend into his palm)

 

I have not read any of them but will be looking in some charity shops for copies. If anyone knows any more please let me know!

Waiting for the RAC...

While I am sitting at work waiting for the RAC to come and start my car ( 2nd day in a row) I might as well start a new blog.

The work on the website has not progressed very well, but we have finished the work for NICE and send off all the comments etc we had. So at least something has been achieved.

I have ordered a book from Abe Books, about Dupuytren's disease and related hyperproliferative disorders. A lot cheaper than getting it new, I don't mind if someone else has read a book before me.

That should help in our reply bto the BSSH ( British hand surgeons) as they are still waiting to hear why we think radiotherapy should be considered in some cases of Dupuytren's (and Ledderhose).

The research company that was interviewing Dupuytren's patients have made their quota, and they are no longer searching for people.

Not much else is new that I know of, maybe once my car is fixed and I can get home on time again after work ( instead of waiting 2 hours for the RAC in the evening) I will have some time to check online articles. First I need to concentrate on blocked fuel lines, and organise to borrow a car untill I can get mine to the garage and sorted out. Not easy if you are at work all day, work gets in the way of a lot of activities! But it does pay the bills.

More soon I hope.

Anna