My 2013 Internet break through!
While searching on the internet I finally found out this benign nodule is also called a plantar fibroma. More research led me to Ledderhose Disease. I then find it is associated with Dupuytren's Disease. When I look up Dupuytren's Disease and I see advanced photos, I realize this is exactly what my Dad has in his hands! I cannot tell you the shock and saddness I felt when I found this out. Devastated was an understatement!
I research further for an answer, actually I am on a mission to find the treatment/cure. I am in more pain than I could every imagine for a "benign and non-painful" disease. The more I read, the more devastating I become. Why? Because my dad has Dupuytren's Contracture and his hands are contracted. I am 52 years old now and I do not want contracted feet!
More research and I find some that say in Germany they have actually delivered radiation therapy as a treatment (not a cure) for this disease on the hands and the feet. And that this has been done in Germany for years (meaning just over 10 years). Better info comes as I keep researching this that radiation therapy helps the pain and reduces nodules about 75% of the time. Now....keep in mind this is in Germany and I live in the USA.
http://www.dupuytrensdiseasesupport.com/what-is-ledderhose-disease-.html
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