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update:
options as laid out by consultant
1 - do nothing, it will probably get worse
2 - have injections, according to feedback there are 47% of cases where it aggravates the condition/does nothing. For the 53% of successes the average remission length before it returns is 5 years. also not available in oxfordshire PCT on NHS, so £600 a shot, hmm..
3a - fasciectomy under local anaesthesia (they cut the nodule(s) out). They won't do as I'm on anti-coagulants, and there is an elevated risk of an upper body clot from the IV puncture travelling to brain
which leaves
3b - fasciectomy under general anaesthesia. I'm deffo not keen on that as there are risks from complications on going under, and as it's not for life threatening surgery..
I chickened out and took option 1