Welcome

Welcome to the Ledderhose disease (plantar fibroma) blog.

My name is Gary and I am the author of this blog. I am a ledderhose patient from the UK. I am an ex-scientist and hold a degree in Molecular Genetics and I try and put this experience to good use exploring this condition.

I have pages here about the treatment options, patient experiences including my own, insights from medical professionals, explanations of the science and whatever else I think may be useful for fellow patients. Through the blog I have made contacts with many patients, professionals and charities and now work as a trustee for the British Dupuytren's Society.

Hopefully you can find the pages you want using the navigation menu above or use the search box to look for specific information.

Hope you enjoy reading the blog and please contact me at ledderhosedisease@gmail.com or leave a message on here to get in touch. All information will be kept private unless you tell me otherwise.

Thank you for visiting.

Thursday 28 December 2023

It can get better

I haven't posted yet in 2023 and wanted to remedy that. It has been a very busy year, mostly with running! I have discussed my running before but this year it has gone to another level. A Ledderhose patient that had to use a walking stick and weighed at least 19 stone at one point (probably more) is now one of the better runners in his area. I will try and make sure I post about my running elsewhere.

I am sure this won't mean much to people on here but I have broken my records for 10k, 5k and the half marathon with a sub 38, sub 18 and 1:25 (on a tough course) during this year. I have come 1st!!! at parkrun 4 times this year and when racing it (it is a run not a race but that doesn't stop us) have not been outside the top 10. 

My proudest achievement this year is running 2500 miles, a few years ago I attempted to run 2191 miles to raise money and awareness of the British Dupuytren's Society but I failed due to injury. This year I have surpassed 2700 miles and just had an amazing year. I won't rave about my running any more, I will post about that elsewhere but needless to say that if you are currently in pain with Ledderhose there can be a light at the end of the tunnel and people similar to yourselves have found a way out. 



Tuesday 25 October 2022

Survey closing soon

Hi Everyone, the survey is coming to an end soon. It doesn't take long and is for any US based Ledderhose patient. If you have had treatments some questions may not apply but you can still complete it.

Please do take part and help gather some data on Ledderhose and its treatments.