Getting Ready for Surgery
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Christopher
- Posts: 845
- 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: Getting Ready for Surgery
At the Mayo, they have other specialists preform other diagnostics, except surgery and range of motion stuff.
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RobertRacer
- Posts: 137
- Joined: Tue Sep 30, 2008 4:54 pm
- Injury Description, Date, extent, surgical intervention etc: 9/23/07 - LTBPI / Motorcycle collision
- Location: Birmingham, AL
Re: Getting Ready for Surgery
My mylogram wasn't painful, uncomfortable at points, but not painful. The surgery was not extremely painful either. I felt a little better in 2 weeks or so. I guess everybody is different, but for me, the pain was lessened. I still have pain, dont get me wrong, but its either not as bad or I'm used to it. The dullness of the shoulder sometimes hurts, but really is just annoying most times but I'm used to that too. I'd give anything to just stretch one good time and pop that shoulder joint. I'm 10 months post Ulnar nerve surgery, occasionally, I'll have nerve pain or electrical lightning shooting through the arm but its brief and nothing that lasts.
Robert - LTBPI/34/AL - Yamaha meets Ford Expedition....not good.