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Hello everyone. I am so glad to find this forum. My fiance was in a motorcycle accident in January. After 6 weeks in the hospital he is home and doing fairly well. He has flacid paralysis of his right...
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Hi Kim sorry to hear about your fiance's accident, quite a few of us got BPI that way. They put me on morphine in the hospital and high dose codeine diclofenac and paracetomol (tylenol?) when released...
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Hi Kim, sorry your partner and you have had to join us! ive been diagnosed since march and still new to all this! im on diclofenac(inflamatroy tab), paracetamol, codeine and amitriptylene (anti...
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Hi Kim My son was involved in a road traffic accident and has a left BPI. He is currently taking a painnkiller specifically used for nerve pain called 'Gabapentin'. They come in 300ml capsules and...
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hi kim, i had a fall last november and am glad for all the extra help and support from my family. i got frustrated in the early days when people tried to help with things i'd be able to do myself i.e....
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G,day Kym. My name is pete maher,8 years ago i had a bad bike prang ,truck hit me left me for dead on the side of the road,after they patched me up ,i went home after a couple of weeks ,with a bpi...
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PS, Kym ,i am at the exstreme ,there are lots of people that have this injury that arnt or get over the pain and lots of people get some or even all of there arm back ,so im sorry if i sounded a bit...
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Have you looked into acupuncture? It's very helpful with my daughter. Massage is helpful and positioning of the arm. We also did about 10 Hyperbaric treatments. My daughter now is off all pain meds...
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Hello Kim I know exactly what you're going through as all of the posts below and I am sorry to hear about your difficulties, I had a brachial plexus 3 1/2 years ago and still experiencing considerable...
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Hi Kim I really feel for you. My partner has the injury and can go from being a +*%!% cat to a total maniac in the space of a few short seconds. His biggest gripe is the frustration, and the ability...
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Looking for other family members who have a child diagnosed with BP. As you well know this is heart wrenching, we are all new to this. Any imput would be awesome!Blessings~ Karen (Austin's Mom)
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Hi Karenm517 There is a website I dont know the address for it but it is united brachial plexus network, there are a lot for people on there that have children with this injury, google it that is how...
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Hi GuysThe UBPN Group is an American group for everyone with this type of injury, but if you are looking for info specific to kids - I would strongly recommend you talking with Kazza in here - she is...
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