THis is an email I received... any one know anyhting about any of this? I told her I was posting it here and would let her know if I learn anything. If you can help her, please let mek now as I will then pass along her email addy! THANKS!!
Hello,
I have a brachial plexus injury after being in a train accident at the age of ten.
In my late thirties I became severly heavy metal poisoned and my arm began to degenerate both muscle and bone. My shoulder also began to do the same and the breast on that side slowly became smaller until it is about 1/2 the size. An MRI last year showed significant atrophy of the chest wall. Pain is increasing and now my hand is turned purple and I must work very hard to get any circulation going.
I have learned the metals store in scar tissue in the body and begin to dengenerate these weak areas first.
Do you have any knowledge of this or anyone facing similiar problems?
I am now 52.
Thank you for your time.
Deborah
looking for help
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cbe411
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- Injury Description, Date, extent, surgical intervention etc: MVA in 2001, nerve graph in 2002, Median Nerve Transfer in 2004 and an unsuccessful Gracillis Muscle Transfer in 2006. I am living life and loving it! Feel free to contact me :)
- Location: Grosse Pointe Woods, MI
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Christopher
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- Joined: Wed Jun 18, 2003 10:09 pm
- Injury Description, Date, extent, surgical intervention etc: Date of Injury: 12/15/02
Level of Injury:
-dominant side C5, C6, & C7 avulsed. C8 & T1 stretched & crushed
BPI Related Surgeries:
-2 Intercostal nerves grafted to Biceps muscle,
-Free-Gracilis muscle transfer to Biceps Region innervated with 2 Intercostal nerves grafts.
-2 Sural nerves harvested from both Calves for nerve grafting.
-Partial Ulnar nerve grafted to Long Triceps.
-Uninjured C7 Hemi-Contralateral cross-over to Deltoid muscle.
-Wrist flexor tendon transfer to middle, ring, & pinky finger extensors.
Surgical medical facility:
Brachial Plexus Clinic at The Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN
(all surgeries successful)
"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."
~Theodore Roosevelt - Location: Los Angeles, California USA
Re: looking for help
Yikes! Completely out of my league, sorry to say.
If that was me, instincts would send me to get regular hard core deep tissue message and be exercising the affected areas & rest of the body as hard and as much as possible. I would find some talented acupuncturists to work with as well, besides finding the best neurosurgeon and toxicologist available. I would periodically/monthly being doing gastric-intestinal cleanses.
Send her our prayers,
Chris
If that was me, instincts would send me to get regular hard core deep tissue message and be exercising the affected areas & rest of the body as hard and as much as possible. I would find some talented acupuncturists to work with as well, besides finding the best neurosurgeon and toxicologist available. I would periodically/monthly being doing gastric-intestinal cleanses.
Send her our prayers,
Chris
Re: looking for help
Hopefully the heavy metal poisoning has been taken care of. I would certainly have someone look into the vascular status of your arm and hand since it has been turning purple lately. Maybe the circulation has been impaired somehow and needs attended to. Perhaps the scar tissue is interferring with it. Just a guess, but I would get to a doctor soon with these new symptoms. Good luck. Sue