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by highlander_1406
Mon Apr 07, 2003 7:23 am
Forum: Newly Injured TBPI
Topic: Need a friend
Replies: 22
Views: 2686

Re: Need a friend

Yip got all the discovery channels here. Still be quite good to watch thugh i recon.

Kev
by highlander_1406
Sun Apr 06, 2003 7:13 am
Forum: Newly Injured TBPI
Topic: Need a friend
Replies: 22
Views: 2686

Re: Need a friend

Hey John have you any idea when your surgery will be shown on discovery i think that would be brilliant watching it. can you email me with the date time because i will probably miss it on here. cheers

Kev
by highlander_1406
Fri Apr 04, 2003 9:23 am
Forum: Newly Injured TBPI
Topic: Surgery. Am I to late?, to old?
Replies: 4
Views: 1183

Re: Surgery. Am I to late?, to old?

<r>Hey Scotsman welcome to the board. Where in Scotland are you?? Im in Wick up in Caithness. <br/> <br/> I think when you are looking for surgery to get any real success out of it, it has to be done within the first year to 2 years unfortunatly. I avulsed c5 c6 c7 and had them all grafted and have ...
by highlander_1406
Mon Mar 24, 2003 10:42 am
Forum: Parents of OBPI Children
Topic: son having "shocks" in his hand
Replies: 11
Views: 1076

Re: son having

<t>Hi i get those shockes in my hand aswell i am a TBPI and am recovering from the surgery and my theory is it is the nerves healing or starting to work so i think it could possibly be the nerve wakinkining up or something like that. hope it is. my shockes are like electric shockes and is very painf...
by highlander_1406
Sun Mar 23, 2003 6:50 pm
Forum: Newly Injured TBPI
Topic: Need a friend
Replies: 22
Views: 2686

Re: Need a friend

<r>Hey Ally i am an 18 year old guy from scotland i have a TBPI which i got from a motorbike accident 15th March 2002 i can understand the lonlyness you are feeling at the moment as i felt exactly the same when i first had the injury but when you start posting on the boards you will find everyone he...
by highlander_1406
Mon Mar 10, 2003 6:39 pm
Forum: Newly Injured TBPI
Topic: Hot and Cold hand
Replies: 4
Views: 1507

Re: Hot and Cold hand

<t>I have the cold/hot hand but i found that when i put a glove on it got really hot and i stated getting serious pain so i cant win its ither to hot or to cold that i get pain. Dont know how it is caused or anything but i find my hand sweats a lot especially my little finger and my finger next to i...
by highlander_1406
Wed Mar 05, 2003 12:14 pm
Forum: Newly Injured TBPI
Topic: Surgery has any one had any success
Replies: 404
Views: 46381

Re: Surgery has any one had any success

<t>All my work is done with the physio therapists once a week, there arnt much help ither they dont stretch my arm anymore all they do is give me this hand squeezing thing so i have started asking for them to do things like tie my arm up in slings and taking gravity away then moving it everyway i ca...
by highlander_1406
Tue Mar 04, 2003 1:39 pm
Forum: Newly Injured TBPI
Topic: Surgery has any one had any success
Replies: 404
Views: 46381

Re: Surgery has any one had any success

<t>Wow that aint bad recovery. Gianni is going to get a major boost out of this and you will probably see him exercising his arm as much as he can just to try and strenthin it well thats what i was doing anyway. He has to work hard now knowing the surgery worked but it will also get very boring and ...
by highlander_1406
Mon Mar 03, 2003 2:30 pm
Forum: Newly Injured TBPI
Topic: Surgery has any one had any success
Replies: 404
Views: 46381

Re: Surgery has any one had any success

<r>Hi Maureen i am 18 years old to and i like your son damaged the same nerves but i avulsed c5 c6 c7 and have good hand movement but the rest is still flail. If your son would like to contact me my email is <EMAIL email="kevin_anderson84@yahoo.co.uk">kevin_anderson84@yahoo.co.uk</EMAIL> or if you w...
by highlander_1406
Mon Feb 10, 2003 11:27 am
Forum: Newly Injured TBPI
Topic: Just had cast off on 31st after ulnar-bicep nerve transfer on 11th
Replies: 15
Views: 2265

Re: Just had cast off on 31st after ulnar-bicep nerve transfer on 11th

<t>Hey Stuart i get aromatheraphy at my local clinic but the aromatherapist hires a room out in the building. I think if you ask your doctor or physio they might know if there is one in the area. Aromatheraphy really has helped me a lot. What they do is use oils sometimes oils can be used which are ...