<r>A few weeks ago I went skiing for the first time in two years. If you'll recall thats how I got myself in the unfortunate situartion of my BPI. <br/> <br/> I've posted a few pictures and blogged about it here: <URL url="http://www.leftarmbandit.org/2009/03/skiing-again.html">http://www.leftarmban...

<t>Chris,<br/> <br/> Same with you. Seeing people like you,Dan, Robin and Heddi on this forum was a huge encouragement to me early on. Hopefully there are others who are getting some encouragement from me and my experiences.<br/> <br/> I'm writing up my ski trip experience for my blog. HJpefull that...

<r>Today is the two year anniversary of my skiing accident I've blogged about it over on my personal blog check it out: <URL url="http://www.leftarmbandit.org/2009/03/two-year-anniversary.html"><LINK_TEXT text="http://www.leftarmbandit.org/2009/03/tw ... rsary.html">http://www.leftarmbandit.org/2009...

<r>Hi,<br/> <br/> Here are those pictures Dan was talking about. I love trhe sling and am totally getting my life back. Today is the two year anniversary of my accident and I'm celibrating instead of morrning. You've got to celibrate life and make it work bor you.<br/> <br/> <URL url="http://www.fac...

I feel the same way about "sticking out in a crowd". So I wear this shoulder brace under my shirt. Its totally hidden unless the shirt I am wearing has really short sleeves.

Joel

I highly recommend the brace mentioned by heiddi above. There are a bunch of different sizes so make sure to get the right one for your arm. I find that it releives the pain some especially when I'm going to be upright without any support for a long time.

Cheers,
Joel

<r>Hey All,<br/> <br/> I had to change a bunch of things on my bike too. I am able to grab the handle bars with both hands and break with both hands but unable to generate enough power to shift a Shimano STI (105) lever. So I purchased a set of bar end shifters and moved the shifting all to one side...

Dr. Nath seems to specialize in OBPI and not as much as TBPI. I met with him when he had a clinic in Seattle a year ago. It was good to get another opinion but in the end I had someone else do my surgery.

Cheers,
Joel
TBPI Mar 2007

<t>Hey All,<br/> <br/> I've been training for 18 weeks and yesterday I did the Portland Marathon! 4 hours 27 mins and 38 seconds! It was a fantastic experience and I'm already thinking about when I can do another one, after I recover for a few months. <br/> <br/> Thanks a lot to Dan. Without his sli...

<r>Hey Mike,<br/> <br/> I was a little slower then some people on this site. It took me about 10 months to start running again and about a year to get serious about it. Mostly that's because I didn't have the right sling. A normal one just doesn't work. Before I started running I did a lot of swimmi...