Hi everyone!!
Sorry I haven’t been very active on the boards lately I have been very busy at school. I was wondering if someone could give me a link to the website that explains the pain of a brachial plexus injury. I think the address goes something like www.homestead******.co.uk*(the stars are the things I don’t know). The reason I ask is because I remember this link being posted in the past and it seemed to depict the severe pain perfectly with out actually feeling it yourself. I am currently at university and one of the Psychology professors is very interested in phantom limb pain. He is a specialist in pain and has read about BPI's but has never actually talked to a person with a BPI. Anyways without going into depth I think the text contained in the link would help allot in his research. I think it was Jenny that posted it before.
Hopefully someone can help
Thanks,
Andrew
I Need help getting a Link
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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: I Need help getting a Link
Hi Andrew
There are a couple of typos in that article on central pain, but it has been read and approved by Professor Rolfe Birch, a world renowned tbpi specialist so it should be ok on facts. Things have changed even since it was written, I do a lot of my own research on bpi/neural pain so if you have any questions post here or mail me by clicking on my name.
Jen NZ
There are a couple of typos in that article on central pain, but it has been read and approved by Professor Rolfe Birch, a world renowned tbpi specialist so it should be ok on facts. Things have changed even since it was written, I do a lot of my own research on bpi/neural pain so if you have any questions post here or mail me by clicking on my name.
Jen NZ