Quote Originally Posted by mookien View Post
Dale and chrisupyonder: That's very interesting, though I suspect you would use a different adjective. I had never heard of that condition before. I'm sorry to read that you are afflicted with it. Is there any idea of the genetic source - chromosome, gene, protein, etc.? I hope, and pray, that any treatment you pursue is successful.

My guess is that it developed in the Viking population from the recoil shock of centuries of chopping off peoples heads with those Dane axes. ;-)
Sort of echoing chrisupyonder, it's something that progresses VERY slowly. I first became aware of it in my hand when I was around 20, though I had no idea what it was. Today, I still have full mobility/flexibility in the hand and fingers, you woouldn't know it was there unless you were looking for it. And I turned 61 just yesterday.

While it's not curable, it's surgically treatable/correctable. It'll come back, but you're not likely to live long enough for it to become a problem again.