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by MarkedlyInPain
Tue Mar 24, 2009 10:45 pm
Forum: Newly Injured TBPI
Topic: Pain Medication
Replies: 23
Views: 9352

Re: Pain Medication

I'm taking 900mg of Lyrica, 300 x 3.
by MarkedlyInPain
Sun Mar 08, 2009 12:26 am
Forum: Newly Injured TBPI
Topic: Hot and cold hands
Replies: 7
Views: 1700

Re: Hot and cold hands

Exact same thing. My arm tends to be cold during the day and can get bright red and hot in the evening. It doesn't seem to matter if I'm up or down. It seems to have a mind of its own.
by MarkedlyInPain
Tue Jan 06, 2009 1:11 am
Forum: Newly Injured TBPI
Topic: question to people who has this injury for more than 15 years.....
Replies: 10
Views: 3425

Re: question to people who has this injury for more than 15 years.....

<t>I'm going on 13 years, don't quite make the 15 year mark. I'm also in my 40's, and was very active before my injury. I know I can not evaluate this injury and its impacts. The pain absolutely impairs my judgment. I think I realized that after shaving the hair off of my arm. I was sure it was part...
by MarkedlyInPain
Mon Dec 08, 2008 11:44 pm
Forum: Newly Injured TBPI
Topic: Blood flowing to hand
Replies: 6
Views: 1662

Re: Blood flowing to hand

Mine pools and turn dark every time I'm up. I lift and squeeze or pump my my hand to get the color back for a while.

I have been doing this for 12 years without any additional complications.
by MarkedlyInPain
Mon Dec 08, 2008 11:37 pm
Forum: Newly Injured TBPI
Topic: Cold Arm/Hot Arm
Replies: 3
Views: 1256

Re: Cold Arm/Hot Arm

<t>It was in '96 and they think I drove and caught my seatbelt just before the crash. I had a crush injury on my inner elbow that required a lot of surgeries, including a rotational flap, as well as all of the brachial plexus tears and pulls.<br/> <br/> I have no use of my hand, no tricep, I'm kind ...
by MarkedlyInPain
Mon Dec 08, 2008 12:27 am
Forum: Parents of OBPI Children
Topic: Game Systems for one handed players
Replies: 6
Views: 1301

Re: Game Systems for one handed players

<r>Look at the site listed below. This guy (Ryan Culy) modified the Wii controllers into a one-handed controller for his buddy.<br/> <br/> <URL url="http://rmculy.iweb.bsu.edu/web/">http://rmculy.iweb.bsu.edu/web/</URL><br/> To see it click on Projects, then click on Wii Controller under Special Pro...
by MarkedlyInPain
Sat Dec 06, 2008 3:44 am
Forum: Newly Injured TBPI
Topic: Cold Arm/Hot Arm
Replies: 3
Views: 1256

Cold Arm/Hot Arm

Do anyone of your arms go from cold to hot during the day?

My arm is typically icy cold during the day and then turns bright red hot at night. thought it may be because I'm up more during the day, but it doesn't seem to care if I'm up or down.
by MarkedlyInPain
Tue Nov 25, 2008 4:32 am
Forum: Newly Injured TBPI
Topic: Jumping off the Oxy Roller coaster
Replies: 1
Views: 576

Jumping off the Oxy Roller coaster

<t>Hi I'm new to the board, but not to brachial plexus pain. I've been taking Oxycontin for over a decade. It seemed to work for the first three days, and ever since then I have been trying to find that initial relief by increasing the dosage, increasing the frequency, and finally giving up and then...
by MarkedlyInPain
Thu Nov 20, 2008 11:18 pm
Forum: Newly Injured TBPI
Topic: ROLL CALL ( LURKERS TOO!!!!!!! )
Replies: 670
Views: 216143

Re: ROLL CALL ( LURKERS TOO!!!!!!! )

Mark from Western Washington. I have a left TBPI from a car accident in Jan. 1996.