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by rob4spirit
Sat Feb 18, 2006 10:20 pm
Forum: Newly Injured TBPI
Topic: BP Pain
Replies: 8
Views: 1062

Re: BP Pain

<t>beach5,<br/> <br/> The pain can be intollerable, that's just the fact of the injury! My arm, from the shoulder to the tips of the fingers were immobile for about 4 months, just like your husbands. I can't even describe the pain when my hand had tripled in size! Unbearable can't even come close!<b...
by rob4spirit
Tue Nov 22, 2005 11:08 pm
Forum: Newly Injured TBPI
Topic: Dr. Nath...Good and bad?
Replies: 16
Views: 1723

Re: Dr. Nath...Good and bad?

<t>See, part of my problem is that I've got too much time under my belt. I checked into Mayo in AZ and MN. AZ focuses on other things, and MN will not accept you as a priority patient after 6 months. Im almost at the 8 month period, and Mayo won't see me until Feb '06.<br/> <br/> I went to the VA fo...
by rob4spirit
Mon Nov 21, 2005 11:27 pm
Forum: Newly Injured TBPI
Topic: Dr. Nath...Good and bad?
Replies: 16
Views: 1723

Dr. Nath...Good and bad?

<t>Hello faithful TBPIs! I just set a surgery date with Dr. Nath for December 20. I know I should be elated, but I got a very strange vibe about the way they handle things.<br/> <br/> I have read many accounts of how good Dr. Nath is, heavily weighing on my decision to see him instead of Mayo. I do ...
by rob4spirit
Fri Oct 21, 2005 3:15 pm
Forum: Newly Injured TBPI
Topic: Is mine the same, or different?
Replies: 10
Views: 1678

Is mine the same, or different?

<t>Hi! I am a novice on this site, but search for advise. I read the different terminology and the different explaintions. So, I thought I would explain my characteristics, and see how they compare to the norm.<br/> <br/> I have BP upper/lower in the left arm. 4 out of the 5 nerves are completely de...
by rob4spirit
Fri Oct 21, 2005 2:15 pm
Forum: Newly Injured TBPI
Topic: AZ confusion
Replies: 2
Views: 623

Re: AZ confusion

<t>I've talked to Lori, but she stated that the "group" function in Scottsdale is almost exclusively for those who has BP from birth. I am 35, and have had it for 7 months. I know that U of A is has a good medical school, do you know if they cover BP? Where have you been going? Do you knowof any sup...
by rob4spirit
Thu Oct 20, 2005 4:17 pm
Forum: Newly Injured TBPI
Topic: AZ confusion
Replies: 2
Views: 623

AZ confusion

<t>Hi! I have had BP with either CPRS I or II in my left arm and hand for about 7 months now. (Eeek! I know!) I had been going to a neurologist at the VA hospital, but became sooo frusterated with their incompetance, that I am attempting to seek out specialists.<br/> <br/> That is where the madness ...