United Brachial Plexus Network

<t>Hey Swim Happy<br/> <br/> Glad to hear that you are swimming. I swam competitively from age 6 to age 20 and then wrecked my arm when I was 22. I took a 16 year break from swimming but got back in the pool about 6 weeks ago and have been swimming 3 mornings a week. I love it. It is amazing exercis...

That is terrible. My thoughts and prayers are with you, Frank and your family.

<r>Use this for running: The Ultimate Arm Sling. This is what I use and it works perfect - just do not put your thumb in the holdser slot. Also, make sure that you also buy the swathe that wraps around. It all closes with velcro and is very snug - no arm flopping at all but the swathe is key.<br/> <...

<t>I had better luck changing my daughter's diapers when she was 15 months with one hand than my son's. Boys are different, a lot more wiggly. As soon as you put them down, they are rolling, twisting, stretching, squirming...<br/> <br/> With my daughter, I would lay her on a towel on the ground and ...

<r>Janelle<br/> <br/> If it is any consolation, I have been BPI for 15 years now and the sandwich thing still gets on my nerves. Sometimes, I get so mad that I just want to take the sandwich and chuck it at the person that made the sandwich. So far, I have refrained. But when I do, I will post all a...

Ronin - thank you for the reply, input and advice. much appreciated.

-Rich

<t>I appreciate the replies. Maybe, it has something to do with age. Being 37, I am figuring that I have a good another 10 to 15 years of playing hard in the surf and water and w/o the arm dangling, it would give me more freedom. I was 22 when I injured the arm and figured that I would take the wait...

<t>Thanks Courtney - <br/> <br/> If I had limited function and the injury was fresher, I wouldn't consider it but it has been 15 years and I can shrug my shoulder and twitch my bicep and that's it.. I still hope that a break through happens but I am getting concerned about the quality of live. I inj...

<t>It has been 15 years, almost to the day since I paralyzed my left arm. My wife took some pictures of me playing with my kids at the beach over the weekend. We were looking at the pictures, it dawned upon me that the skinny, boney, little arm looks more bizarre than having no arm at all, so we mad...

<t>If it is any consolation - physcally, I am no better now then I was after my injury. My left arm is completely paralyzed. There has been no recovery at all. Yes, there is also pain.<br/> <br/> BUT, I will say that I am a stronger person. What you do not gain back physically, you gain back mentall...