United Brachial Plexus Network

Dan, The sling is working great, thanks! I was playing soccer 1-2 days a week all through grad school so I've been getting a lot of use out of it. The lack of snow this winter, combined with grad-school-induced poverty, means I only got out for a couple days of snowboarding. Of course it's snowing n...

I have been on 1200 mg 3x/day for several years and I'm trying to taper down just to see how my body reacts. I don't have any negative side-effects and I'm honestly not worried about any effects on my body - but if less would work, why take more, especially as it's expensive. I kept track of my pain...

If anyone isn't familiar... Google it. I have been increasingly interested in putting together a team, 6 of my best friends from high school -including my shop teacher - have put together 4 seperate teams: http://img485.imageshack.us/img485/3180/picture166pl6.jpg https://www.facebook.com/nyancar2013...

Actually I can't figure out if/where there is a message function here anymore, so just email me?

bdbish@gmail.com

please don't spam me...

I strongly suggest that if you're using a PC, you check out using AutoHotKey, which is FREE, to run a one-handed script. Instructions are at: http://warped.org/blog/2008/10/06/the-free-one-handed-keyboard/ I am in the middle of grad school - lots of typing, i'm currently writing my literature review...

Thats it. If you have had your arm amputated and are willing to talk to me about it, can you send me a message so we can exchange some kind of contact information (phone/facebook/AIM/gchat) that will facilitate an actual conversation?

Thanks,
-brian

My name is Brian, not exactly a lurker but too busy to be on here much these days (grad school). Motorcycle accident, 2009, left arm totally paralyzed.

I avulsed multiple nerve roots and had no function from the shoulder down. I have had two nerve transfers - spinal accessory to supraspinatus, and intercostal to bicep. It has only been 2.5 years, but as of now, I am leaning towards amputation anyway. It's a really hard call to make though, since if...

No, I hadn't, and I feel like I knew more about the potential hazards of riding and was a more careful rider than most people are. For those who aren't familiar, I was hit by another motorcycle rider who didn't know what the ____ he was doing and blew his corner entry, locked up his brakes, and woun...

If you want one, I can make it happen, no problem. I do know other people with access to machine tools, that particular friend was just my best bet - he enjoys working up solutions to problems like that. The other thing I can do is just draw up what we did, with notes about what should remain standa...