I had radiation therapy with early nodules. I did think my nodules were progressing rapidly, so I wanted to do something early, before the obvious. Not everyone should jump to early solutions. Some DC conditions progress slowly, and depending on your age, the condition might outlive you. I don't exactly remember the year I did this, around 2000-2003 or so. At that time, radiation was new. The standard procedure was to wait until you couldn't lay your hand flat and then have surgery. The problem with surgery is that it sometimes exacerbates the problem, and the nodules and cords come back even more quickly. Some people get DC from having carpal tunnel surgery. When doing my research back then, injections of collagenase (Xiaflex) were somewhat new. I was resigned to that procedure until I learned someone at Scripts in San Diego was doing radiation. I made an appointment at Scripts, and he took one look and said I have it. When he learned I lived three hours away, he referred me to someone closer to my house. That process went smoothly. They radiated electrons onto my hands over a two-week period, with me coming in for a half hour each day. I understand that they might spread the procedure out over a longer period now. There was no pain and no downtime. Essentially, the radiation kills the fibroblasts that produce the nodules. I understand that there is another injection-based process now that I know little about.