United Brachial Plexus Network

<t>I was on the cannabis pain trials for 2 years a while back along with quite a few others with a TBPI. This was in the UK and if if the trials hadn't have finished the same time we had a general election, I (and a lot of others) truly believe it would have been legalised for medicinal use. Sadly, ...

<r>Hi Joy,<br/> <br/> Can I just say how sorry I am to hear about your son. You all must have been through some rough times these past 6 years and if there is anything I can do to help, please don't hesitate to ask me. <br/> <br/> My email is <EMAIL email="BlcE@aol.com">BlcE@aol.com</EMAIL> and I am...

<t>No, a paralised arm will not have enough of a reflex action to prevent a fall on that side, but (and I am only guessing here that this is what you're getting at) a bicep can re-innnervate spontaneously, without surgery over a certain number of months. <br/> <br/> I'm not saying that everyone with...

<r>Yes keep moving the arm...even if you just keep lifting it onto the armrests of chairs, or walk with it swinging (DON'T use a sling all the time)This applies especially if you have a very severe injury. Lifting the arm and stretching it up as far as you can towards your head by grabbing it at the...

<r>Hiya mate, <br/> <br/> I've been looking for years for a leftie camera, 15 years in fact, and take it from me, there is no such thing out there. <br/> <br/> It hasn't been just me looking either, I even got in touch (via my brother-in-law) with the chief honcho who imports Fuji products for a maj...

<t>Hi..to answer your questions; I have a very weak pulse in the right (tbpi) side compared to the left. Many Drs seem to have difficulty in finding it, but the average nurse doesn't, which I find quite odd (maybe nurses take a pulse more often than Drs)<br/> <br/> I do have a very cold hand in wint...

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<t>Hi...all I can tell you is one person in our UK TBPI Group had what sounds like the same thing implanted..he had it taken out a very short time after. It did nothing for his pain, and actually made him worse in many ways.<br/> <br/> I think it all depends on the level of injury whether this will ...

<r>Electric can opener.<br/> <br/> We changed our kitchen recently which meant we were living out of boxes and all the 'non essentials' were packed away temporarily and yes, the electric can opener was one item that was packed away and definitely SHOULDN'T have been...! <br/> <br/> I was on my own o...

WOW Nearly 40 pages long, and over 5 years old...who would have guessed it? How many people now Jen????