United Brachial Plexus Network, Inc.

Sorry about all the underlining!!!

....this stoopid plonker forgot to close the 'u' tag!!

hope it didn't offend anyone...(that'll teach me to use the pre-view in future....dohh!!!)

Hi Marylu, i just wanted to say i know a guy who was BPI and David Kline performed nerve graft and scar cleaning surgery and the guy, several years down the line says he has very little pain and 'you can hardly tell' he was ever injured. i lost his email addy it is george from NY who used to post here a couple of years back. I can say from personal experience hydrotherapy in a heated pool is the best therapy for paralysed or recovering muscles and joints. Also it is so important to keep up the passive movement of every joint in your arm hand and fingers after BP injury, every day they need to be passively moved through their range of motion to help with circulation and prevent muscle contracture and joint stiffness - joints can actually freeze or greatly reduce their range of movement if not excercised every day. just a reminder to keep up the PT, wish him the best of luck from us all i hope he gets that arm back soon :O)

Hi Folks,

Thanks for sharing your experiences. They have been so helpful. We are inhaling them.

Well, Kevin's records should be faxed to Dr. Kline tomorrow and we will hopefully see him within a few weeks. Progress!

To those of you have have had the surgery, should we expect that Kline will want to do his own tests? Wondering if we should epxect just an office appt. or maybe two days?

He's had a CT myelogram (sp), showing one avulsed, possibly two damaged? though his medical record states
nerve root avulsion at all three. And he's now had
three EMG's, the last on Monday of this week.

We will keep you posted.

Kevin email address, by the way, is kkling@citilink.com.

He has no grasping ability with his left fingers (on his now 'good arm') but with his brace, which gives him an artificial thumb, he can use a pencil to type one key at a time. He's breaking in the voice activated software but for shorter correspondence he's been going with the pencil.

Thank you all,
Mary

hey mary i hope that result showing only 1 avulsed was the right one! as far as i know no surgeon operates on the plexus until he's done an emg on the exposed nerves, only then is the result accurate. Here's hoping-keep us posted with the outcome and GOOD LUCK!!!!