oops...here's the web info
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2955792.stm
exciting BBC article
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Re: exciting BBC article
Jessica - thanks for posting that! WOW!! Please send us more when you see it ok?
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Re: exciting BBC article
Hi Jessica
Thanks for posting this information. My son has a Tbpi and we live in Australia. Just wondering if you know where the trials are being done here.
I will try to contact the Uni inLondon and see if they can give ne the information.
Thanks again.
Moira, Sean's mum
Thanks for posting this information. My son has a Tbpi and we live in Australia. Just wondering if you know where the trials are being done here.
I will try to contact the Uni inLondon and see if they can give ne the information.
Thanks again.
Moira, Sean's mum
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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: exciting BBC article
check this link from the same site http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/610528.stm this one is actually about peripheral nerves (ie bpi) and theres a 'realplayer' thing in the top right hand corner saying 'watch/listen' re this story where you can see and hear some of the RNOH staff inluding Thomas Carlstedt talking about how this work will be used for all bpi including babies.....exciting stuff! Its good that these guys don't just try and 'fix' existing tbpi, they are aware of the limitations of the surgery currently available (which hasn't changed much in the 23 years I've been a tbpi) and are looking 'outside the square' for the future. Here's hoping that bpi won't be so much of a problem in years to come...