Can any of you bpi's out there help me with a little problem? do all of you get a lot of pain after you've had a night on the drink? i know i do, & it's stopping me from drinking because of the pain the next day. Please tell me it is'nt my imagination(promise i'm not an alchoholic)& it happens to other folk.
thank you
bigsel
Alchohol
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karlos
Re: Alchohol
Yeh, we had this disscusion at the bpi piss-up,all of us agreed that the pain level went thru the roof after a drink,about 10 mins later we all went down the pub and got ratted, ah such is life!
On the plus side while your getting into your drunken stuper you dont feel pain(or you dont care)
swings & roundabouts as they say in blighty.
karl
On the plus side while your getting into your drunken stuper you dont feel pain(or you dont care)
swings & roundabouts as they say in blighty.
karl
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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.
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sad but true bigsel, as karlos said, we conducted a lengthy survey into this at the uk adults gathering in the interests of science of course. obviously we'd far rather have been sitting indoors drinking cocoa. i have noticed that these days the 'hangover arm' is nowhere near as bad as it used to be, so maybe the alcohol/pain connection wears off long term, or maybe it's just that i can only drink 4 or 5 pints these days before hitting the deck.....have you also noticed that when yu've had a drink yr brain 'forgets' the bpi, and if u start to lose yr balance it puts out the bpi arm first (if your bpi affects the dominant arm) ....so of course nothing happens and you fall flat on yr face. i have become an expert on pub carpets throughout the uk because of this :0)
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Afraid I have to agree with everyone elso. I always thought my pain was from over doing it while drunk/drinking. Like Jenny pointed out the brain tends to forget the BPI... the injured side tends to find doors, walls and people to bounce off of. I also notice that happening when I am tired.
Jenny you are too funny!! In your expert opinion is one pub carpet better than another?!?
Jenny you are too funny!! In your expert opinion is one pub carpet better than another?!?
Joy in FL is now living in Georgia!
Left TBI on October 31, 1991
Left TBI on October 31, 1991
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jennyb
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- Joined: Fri Nov 02, 2001 5:24 pm
- 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.
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....well joy, i'm quite partial to a nice Axminster, but have no time for those nasty hardwood floors some pubs have, very tough on the nose i find.....good job we don't have sawdust on the floor these days, try gettin that out of yer teeth when you've had a few :0)
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HHAAHAAA!!
Jen, I was just thinkin that meself...unfortunately, a pub we used to frequent had real trendy stone floors...guess what...I stayed SEATED in this one, and everbody else had to fetch me drinks... but getting up to go home was WELL dodgy...!!
...as you know, I'm a bit careful at home too...!
..the only answer for the onset of pain after you sobered up...don't!! just stay drunk!! ;0) ;o)
Jen, I was just thinkin that meself...unfortunately, a pub we used to frequent had real trendy stone floors...guess what...I stayed SEATED in this one, and everbody else had to fetch me drinks... but getting up to go home was WELL dodgy...!!
...as you know, I'm a bit careful at home too...!
..the only answer for the onset of pain after you sobered up...don't!! just stay drunk!! ;0) ;o)