Another diagnosis

It started with a lump. It ended with a diagnosis. The latest affliction to have a starring roll on my medical chart’s problem list is: morbus dupuytren, also known as Dupuytren’s Disease.I see worried faces. Frowns. What? No one has the courage to ask yet? OK, let me give you some more background on the latest unwelcome guest to set up house in my body.Apparently it’s more common after the age of 50. My half-centry mark is four months away. Apparenlty it’s more common in men than women. Although I’m not the manliest of men, I do have a Y Chromosome. Apparently people of northern European descent are at higher risk of the disease. Thank you very much, Swedish grandmother. Risk also increases among those who smoke and use alchhol—hang on, this is upsetting me so much I need to go refill my whiskey glass, and step outside for a smoke. And, and of course, you guessed it… Dupuytren’s is more common among people with diabetes, especially those of us dependent on insulin. Is it any wonder I got it? With that many risk factors, there was probably no ducking this particular bullet.Can it be… cured, you ask? Are you going to be OK? Yeah, not to worry. This one of those things that sounds worse than it is. I was exercising my dramatic literary license again. This newest disease will be an annoyance, but will barely rise to the level of a challenge. Or that’s what I say now. In a year I may be singing a different tune, because one side effect of Dupuytren’s that mi...
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