Surgeries
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hope16_05
- Posts: 1670
- Joined: Tue Jul 01, 2003 11:33 am
- Injury Description, Date, extent, surgical intervention etc: 28 years old with a right obstetrical brachial plexus injury. 5 surgeries to date with pretty decent results. Last surgery resolved years of pain in my right arm however, I am beginning my journey with overuse in my left arm
- Location: Minnesota
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Re: Surgeries
Lori P,
thanks, I am glad that I am able to be here and provide the prospective from the bpi person point of view!
Hugs,
Amy
ps, I chose the nickname hope16_05 when I was 14 years old because I needed hope at that time in my life. Had a bad experience with a doctor and didnt want to accept what she had told me. Must have worked, I am so much better than I was then!
thanks, I am glad that I am able to be here and provide the prospective from the bpi person point of view!
Hugs,
Amy
ps, I chose the nickname hope16_05 when I was 14 years old because I needed hope at that time in my life. Had a bad experience with a doctor and didnt want to accept what she had told me. Must have worked, I am so much better than I was then!
Amy 28 years old ROBPI from MN
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Matt's Dad
- Posts: 133
- Joined: Wed Nov 12, 2003 9:39 pm
Re: Surgeries
"I think a lot of psychological harm (to the family -
the child AND the parents) can come from the continued quest to "fix" the child's arm."
-Kate
Just a different perspective....
I am not driven by guilt or grief to "fix" my child's arm. The quest to do so is good, as opposed to harmful.
I decided when Matt was very young (a few months old) that I wasn't going to look at the injury negatively, but look at it as a normal and positive thing in my life.
the child AND the parents) can come from the continued quest to "fix" the child's arm."
-Kate
Just a different perspective....
I am not driven by guilt or grief to "fix" my child's arm. The quest to do so is good, as opposed to harmful.
I decided when Matt was very young (a few months old) that I wasn't going to look at the injury negatively, but look at it as a normal and positive thing in my life.
