United Brachial Plexus Network, Inc.

Hi Am interested in armsling for my boy (19) who would like to go on waterskiing and playing hockey. He has Left BPI ,total flail arm -at the moment- and I am worried abour dislocation of shoulder or other complications Can we possibly communicate? He has designed 2 slings 4 himself, but recently just pops the hand into his jean's pocket! We live in South Africa, no Brachial specialists, but a good handspecialist in Cape Town.
Thanx

hello, i m charlie. a motorcycle acc (road racer)last july. many injurys but the right hand/shoulder is not recovering. wish someone would remmove the car thats parked on my hand! bad joke, sorry, but thats what is feels like. doc's at Mayo are great but just looking to see what else there is to get the nerves to wake up. surgery proved they are intack but. well i m looking for info so places to look? good luck to all.

HI CHarlie and welcome to the boards here! Sorry to hear of you BPI but you have come to a great place! me personally, I lived the car joke! I laugh about mine too!! Good luck with recovery and email me if you like....

COurt xx

oops I let this slip a wee way down, bumping up. I'll crunch numbers soon...............:0)

Mark Darrah from Hutchinson, Ks. 5/7/05 was blown off the motorcycle as we came off a curve at 20mph--yes Toto it is windy in Kansas. Don't know yet if I have a right bpi or if it is Parsonage-Turner Syndrome. I would be interested to know how any of you made the diagnosis of Parsonage-Turner if you care to share it with me. Thanks...

Hello everyone, just a lurker. My doc says I may have BPI due to a work injury. He told me to look it up and here I am. I am looking for info on PROM exercises or therapy info.

Peace to all,
Alan

oops forgot the roll call.....add yourself, where you live and what happened to your arm if you want to be included in the next number crunch!
Jen NZ

Bumping up for Lee....according to the last count a couple of pages back, there are 17 people with physician caused injuries in this thread, might take a while to find them, good luck! :0)

Well, have been meaning to introduce myself since I have been lurking here quite often. Have posted a few times before and saw this post and figured this is as good a time as any! I am a RTBPI age 31. Injury happened 5/10/04 during surgery after a c-section to deliver my daughter. I have found out that I actually caused my own injury from straining my neck to watch my baby being cleaned up as they were stitching me up. It started off as shoulder pain and got worse, you know the story. I had only about 2 months that I couldn't lift my arm which was difficult with a new baby, but manageable. I thank God all the time this happened to me and not my daughter Olivia! I would much rather suffer then have to watch her suffer. I am doing well and recovering quite rapidly. I guess my case is less severe then some. There are still some things that are difficult to do, but not like before. My pain is much better and get by most days with a few advil.

You guys are all wonderful for helping each other out and what a blessing it is to have somewhere to go for answers and information!

Thanks for listening and I wish you all the best in recovering and dealing with pain.

Michelle H in Texas

bumping up for newbies :0)