Hi all,
.....But "my Moment" took about a half hour!
I discovered while shamppooing & Showering my usual 1-handed way, that I have ALWAYS tensed up my right(good arm and hand)VERY tight the whole time. Next time, I concentrated on relaxing as I went about the whole tasks & it made such a big difference. I am currently working on/studing ways I make my poor overused right limbs overdue, sooooo this was a big discovery for me.
ALSO,after falling backwords(no injury, just very sore)out of the tub/shower the other day I went out & bought safety bars and safety tub bar. SOOO I also
dicovered I was tensed up all over my whole body when showering& shampooing becuse of fear of falling.
DUh! I need to hold on to a grab bar to relax.
Wow, soon to be 67 & am still learning basics!!
Have a good day, everyone.
Carolyn J
Wow, I had a major "Light Bulb Moment"......
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My injuries are: LOBPI on upper body and Cerebrael Palsy on the lower left extremities. The only intervention I've had is a tendon transplant from my left leg to my left foot to enable flexing t age 24 in 1962. Before that, my foot would freeze without notice on the side when wearing heels AND I always did wear them at work "to fit in" I also stuttered until around age 18-19...just outgrew it...no therapy for it. Also suffered from very very low self esteem; severe Depression and Anxiety attacks started at menopause. I stuffed emotions and over-compensated in every thing I did to "fit in" and be "invisible". My injuries were Never addressed or talked about until age 66. I am a late bloomer!!!!!
I welcome any and all questions about "My Journey".
There is NO SUCH THING AS A DUMB QUESTION.
Sharing helps to Heal. HUGS do too. - Location: Tacoma WA
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Wow, I had a major "Light Bulb Moment"......
Carolyn J
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Kath
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- Injury Description, Date, extent, surgical intervention etc: I am ROBPI, global injury, Horner's Syndrome. No surgery but PT started at 2 weeks old under the direction of New York Hospital. I wore a brace 24/7 for the first 11 months of my life. I've never let my injury be used as an excuse not to do something. I've approach all things, in life, as a challenge. I approach anything new wondering if I can do it. I tried so many things I might never have tried, if I were not obpi. Being OBPI has made me strong, creative, more determined and persistent. I believe that being obpi has given me a very strong sense of humor and compassion for others.
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Re: Wow, I had a major
Carolyn
I guess we were all so busy living our lives and doing all of the things necessary to function that we just never noticed all the compensations.
I was amazed when I had children and saw all of the things they did two handed... Like washing your hair! what is that all about? One hand works fine for me... LOL...
I was 60 before I realized WHY my arm, face and leg are so much colder than the unaffected side... duh!
And of course the biggest shocker of them all was the realization that I hold things in my hand forever and don't realize they are there... I could be looking for something and it's in my hand... I loved finding out that I was not the only one who has that quirk... it was a relief because I always found it annoying and embarassing at times...
Now even my kids ask if I had the remote in my bpi hand when I last saw it LOL. At least we all understand why now.
Kath
I guess we were all so busy living our lives and doing all of the things necessary to function that we just never noticed all the compensations.
I was amazed when I had children and saw all of the things they did two handed... Like washing your hair! what is that all about? One hand works fine for me... LOL...
I was 60 before I realized WHY my arm, face and leg are so much colder than the unaffected side... duh!
And of course the biggest shocker of them all was the realization that I hold things in my hand forever and don't realize they are there... I could be looking for something and it's in my hand... I loved finding out that I was not the only one who has that quirk... it was a relief because I always found it annoying and embarassing at times...
Now even my kids ask if I had the remote in my bpi hand when I last saw it LOL. At least we all understand why now.
Kath
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Carolyn J
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- Injury Description, Date, extent, surgical intervention etc: LOBPI. I am 77 yrs old and never had a name for my injuries until 2004 when I found UBPN at age 66.
My injuries are: LOBPI on upper body and Cerebrael Palsy on the lower left extremities. The only intervention I've had is a tendon transplant from my left leg to my left foot to enable flexing t age 24 in 1962. Before that, my foot would freeze without notice on the side when wearing heels AND I always did wear them at work "to fit in" I also stuttered until around age 18-19...just outgrew it...no therapy for it. Also suffered from very very low self esteem; severe Depression and Anxiety attacks started at menopause. I stuffed emotions and over-compensated in every thing I did to "fit in" and be "invisible". My injuries were Never addressed or talked about until age 66. I am a late bloomer!!!!!
I welcome any and all questions about "My Journey".
There is NO SUCH THING AS A DUMB QUESTION.
Sharing helps to Heal. HUGS do too. - Location: Tacoma WA
- Contact:
Re: Wow, I had a major
Yeah Kath, I also had many similar experiences re holding things in my lobpi hasnd and looking all over for that item...I always had something clenched tight in my lt.hand & now because of painful tight contraction of lt. hand("Iron Claw" I call it)I always have to have a soft ball in that hand. Lt. hand always knows when the ball is not there! & I have to find it ASAP!
AH, there are 100's of stories for us,aren't there?
Have a great day everyone,
Carolyn J
Ps...yikes,I'll be 1 year older soon and by the time I hug you all at camp!!....I promise I won't be a pest!
AH, there are 100's of stories for us,aren't there?
Have a great day everyone,
Carolyn J
Ps...yikes,I'll be 1 year older soon and by the time I hug you all at camp!!....I promise I won't be a pest!
Carolyn J
Adult LOBPI
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Kath
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- Injury Description, Date, extent, surgical intervention etc: I am ROBPI, global injury, Horner's Syndrome. No surgery but PT started at 2 weeks old under the direction of New York Hospital. I wore a brace 24/7 for the first 11 months of my life. I've never let my injury be used as an excuse not to do something. I've approach all things, in life, as a challenge. I approach anything new wondering if I can do it. I tried so many things I might never have tried, if I were not obpi. Being OBPI has made me strong, creative, more determined and persistent. I believe that being obpi has given me a very strong sense of humor and compassion for others.
- Location: New York
Re: Wow, I had a major
Carolyn
My hand is weak but not closed anymore. The reason I knew there were problems again was because I had my hand closed and thumb in... I just have a habit of collecting things to put away under my robpi arm and in my hands and sometimes forget to put them down... LOL...
Kath
My hand is weak but not closed anymore. The reason I knew there were problems again was because I had my hand closed and thumb in... I just have a habit of collecting things to put away under my robpi arm and in my hands and sometimes forget to put them down... LOL...
Kath
Kath robpi/adult
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Re: Wow, I had a major
Doesn't everybody keep their thum in a closed fist????? I hold my arm that way unconsciously-- I have no idea why. I have pretty good strength in my OBPI hand, just can't supinate or bend the wrist up at all. I have been exercising the arm--as well as the rest of me at the Ladies workout express and I think the arm has loosened up a little at the shoulder and elbow---although after a month it is still chronically sore from the exercise. Wonder if that will ever disappear??
Here's a weird one for you. The hair on my erb's arm is shorter--and when I was little--it was lighter in color. Is that strange or what???? Pat
Here's a weird one for you. The hair on my erb's arm is shorter--and when I was little--it was lighter in color. Is that strange or what???? Pat
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Re: Wow, I had a major
Not so weird. lol My son is ROBPI- he is only a year. But the hair on his injured arm is much darker, and fuller than the left. I thought maybe I was crazy, but I guess not. I do wonder why that is. I wonder if anyone else has ever noticed a difference in the armhair.
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Re: Wow, I had a major
Pat,
Had to laugh , while reading your post I looked down and my thumb was in a closed fist.LoL First time I noticed it.
Had to laugh , while reading your post I looked down and my thumb was in a closed fist.LoL First time I noticed it.
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- Injury Description, Date, extent, surgical intervention etc: LOBPI. I am 77 yrs old and never had a name for my injuries until 2004 when I found UBPN at age 66.
My injuries are: LOBPI on upper body and Cerebrael Palsy on the lower left extremities. The only intervention I've had is a tendon transplant from my left leg to my left foot to enable flexing t age 24 in 1962. Before that, my foot would freeze without notice on the side when wearing heels AND I always did wear them at work "to fit in" I also stuttered until around age 18-19...just outgrew it...no therapy for it. Also suffered from very very low self esteem; severe Depression and Anxiety attacks started at menopause. I stuffed emotions and over-compensated in every thing I did to "fit in" and be "invisible". My injuries were Never addressed or talked about until age 66. I am a late bloomer!!!!!
I welcome any and all questions about "My Journey".
There is NO SUCH THING AS A DUMB QUESTION.
Sharing helps to Heal. HUGS do too. - Location: Tacoma WA
- Contact:
Re: Wow, I had a major
Hi Judi and all,
Yeah, watch that closed fist with thumb-in you guys,later it gets really painful. That's why I now have to have a soft ball just the right size,not too big,or too small, in my LT.OBPI hand all the time. It is too painful now without it.
Carolyn J
LOBPI & 67 in 2 weeks[YIKES!!]
Yeah, watch that closed fist with thumb-in you guys,later it gets really painful. That's why I now have to have a soft ball just the right size,not too big,or too small, in my LT.OBPI hand all the time. It is too painful now without it.
Carolyn J
LOBPI & 67 in 2 weeks[YIKES!!]
Carolyn J
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Re: Wow, I had a major
Thumbs tucked in to the fist is a sign of neurological damage. My PT told me that she also sees it in stroke patients. It is one of the obvious signs that they look for.
Nancy
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