Can anyone help?
I'm trying to "decode" my birth records. What should they be if are considered normal? Should the unaffected arm be the same as the affected arm?
What's B for bicep? am I close?
Tracy
Deep Tendon Reflexes
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O.K. That sounds pretty stupid. I am just really upset. Somehow I have managed to lose a post that I have been working on all day and tried to do it the easy way. I think I will go to bed now I try again tomorrow. Just frustrated!!!
Tracy
Tracy
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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: Deep Tendon Reflexes
Here's a good site which should help you decode your records. http://www.neuroexam.com/content.php?p=31 I saw them doing these tests to my babies without knowing what they were for. Interesting stuff!
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Carolyn J
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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".
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Thanks Jenny, I found the article very helpful too.
I'm living proof that your're never too old to learn!
Hugs all around,
Carolyn J
I'm living proof that your're never too old to learn!
Hugs all around,
Carolyn J
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Re: Deep Tendon Reflexes
thanks- very informative.
marlyn
marlyn
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Thanks everyone.
Having a bad day with the pains today.
This is some of what is listed on progress notes:
10-26-72
Ped.
"difficult delivery and required a great deal of tugging and pulling on the baby" "baby was thought to have a fractured clavicle and an erb's paralysis on the left." "x-rays were repeated-no fracture" "There was definitely an erb's paralysis"
12-5-72
6 weeks old
Neuro.
Traumatic Torticollis
weakness of r c5,c6,c7,c8
1-16-73
Neuro.
12 WEEKS OLD
DTR B T BR F H P A P I DO NOT (EB?)
R 1 1 1 - - 2 2 UP A BICEP INFLEX
L 1 1 1 - - 2 2 UP R TRICEP, R+-
(WRITING IS MESSY)
I don't see any other tests until I had complained and complained(etc.) about r/arm shoulder pain and headaches then there is:
5-2-88
Neuro.
"She had right Erb's palsy when younger, and still has limited abduction of her right elbow, with smallness in her right arm, Deep tendon reflexes are absent in her right arm, but normal in her left arm and in both legs. She has no pathological reflexes. Her gait is normal, except for decreased arm swing on the right."
Of course It was just a strain!!! Nothing was ever related to my birth injury.
I will read and write more when feeling better.
I think I have let stress get the best of me.
I know there better days to come. Trying to keep a positive outlook. Thanks for the hug. I really needed it.
Thanks again for input. All for now.
Tracy
ROBPI
Having a bad day with the pains today.
This is some of what is listed on progress notes:
10-26-72
Ped.
"difficult delivery and required a great deal of tugging and pulling on the baby" "baby was thought to have a fractured clavicle and an erb's paralysis on the left." "x-rays were repeated-no fracture" "There was definitely an erb's paralysis"
12-5-72
6 weeks old
Neuro.
Traumatic Torticollis
weakness of r c5,c6,c7,c8
1-16-73
Neuro.
12 WEEKS OLD
DTR B T BR F H P A P I DO NOT (EB?)
R 1 1 1 - - 2 2 UP A BICEP INFLEX
L 1 1 1 - - 2 2 UP R TRICEP, R+-
(WRITING IS MESSY)
I don't see any other tests until I had complained and complained(etc.) about r/arm shoulder pain and headaches then there is:
5-2-88
Neuro.
"She had right Erb's palsy when younger, and still has limited abduction of her right elbow, with smallness in her right arm, Deep tendon reflexes are absent in her right arm, but normal in her left arm and in both legs. She has no pathological reflexes. Her gait is normal, except for decreased arm swing on the right."
Of course It was just a strain!!! Nothing was ever related to my birth injury.
I will read and write more when feeling better.
I think I have let stress get the best of me.
I know there better days to come. Trying to keep a positive outlook. Thanks for the hug. I really needed it.
Thanks again for input. All for now.Tracy
ROBPI
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it did not post like i had it under 1-16-73(DTR)???
I tried to put like they had it on my chart.
b= 1 both r & l
t= 1 both r & l
br=1 both r & l
f= - both r & l
h= - both r & l
p= 2 both r & l
a= 2 both r & l
p= arrow going up both r & l
does this make sense?
Tracy
I tried to put like they had it on my chart.
b= 1 both r & l
t= 1 both r & l
br=1 both r & l
f= - both r & l
h= - both r & l
p= 2 both r & l
a= 2 both r & l
p= arrow going up both r & l
does this make sense?
Tracy