I have had two surgeries so far fusing C4-5-6-7. I have been fighting pain for the last five years and now doctors are suggesting BP nerve damage. I am being refered to a orthpeadic specialist for review. I have been off work for over a year now, and continue to have no controla t times for right and left arms and hands. Pain radiates fron neck to shoulder and down both arms into hands. Any advise or preventative successes to surgery that anyone can share?
Forever greatful.
Surgery Again - Looking for opinions
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jennyb
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- Injury Description, Date, extent, surgical intervention etc: January 1980 Yamaha RD200 vs 16 wheeler truck, result, 1 totally paralysed right arm. I was 21, now 54. I had no surgery, I don't regret this. Decided to totally ignore limitations (easily done aged 21) adapted very quickly to one handed life, got married, had 3 kids, worked- the effect of the injury on my life (once the pain stopped being constant) was minimal and now, aged 54, I very rarely even think of it, unless I bash it or it gets cold, then I wish I'd had it amputated :) Except for a steering knob on my car, I have no adaptations to help with life, mainly because I honestly don't think of myself as disabled and the only thing I can't do is peel potatoes, which is definitely a good thing.
Re: Surgery Again - Looking for opinions
rebekah-i'm not sure from your post if your pain was caused by the surgery (one study found that out of 50,000 surgeries 79 resulted in a bpi....it's pretty common)or if the surgery was meant to help with the pain but didn't. It would definitely be worth seeing a bpi specialist to find out exactly what's happened, there's a list under 'medical resources' on the home page if you're in the states but if you say where you are I'm sure someone will know of a specialist near you. Good luck 
Jen NZ
Jen NZ