He is so happy!!! He passed!!!
Sue
Suicide knob or not?
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cbe411
- Posts: 1393
- Joined: Sun Jun 01, 2003 8:27 pm
- Injury Description, Date, extent, surgical intervention etc: MVA in 2001, nerve graph in 2002, Median Nerve Transfer in 2004 and an unsuccessful Gracillis Muscle Transfer in 2006. I am living life and loving it! Feel free to contact me :)
- Location: Grosse Pointe Woods, MI
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Re: Suicide knob or not?
YEAH!!!! Tell him congrats from the bpi community !!
Courtney
Courtney
Re: Suicide knob or not?
I got a R sibe bpi w/amputation-=--so I never had a lot of trouble driving--had a couple 5 speed vehicles--ownwed a '68 Falcon with a 3-speed on the column--right now I'm just riding my Suzuki Bandit and don't have a car---But, the only time I had a Suicide knob the thing would spin around and bust my knuckles after making a turn---sort of have a tendency to let inertia straighten the wheel back out--this was a '69 International Pick-up---and the knob would bust the crap outta my knuckles so I got rid of it.
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Christopher
- Posts: 845
- Joined: Wed Jun 18, 2003 10:09 pm
- Injury Description, Date, extent, surgical intervention etc: Date of Injury: 12/15/02
Level of Injury:
-dominant side C5, C6, & C7 avulsed. C8 & T1 stretched & crushed
BPI Related Surgeries:
-2 Intercostal nerves grafted to Biceps muscle,
-Free-Gracilis muscle transfer to Biceps Region innervated with 2 Intercostal nerves grafts.
-2 Sural nerves harvested from both Calves for nerve grafting.
-Partial Ulnar nerve grafted to Long Triceps.
-Uninjured C7 Hemi-Contralateral cross-over to Deltoid muscle.
-Wrist flexor tendon transfer to middle, ring, & pinky finger extensors.
Surgical medical facility:
Brachial Plexus Clinic at The Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN
(all surgeries successful)
"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."
~Theodore Roosevelt - Location: Los Angeles, California USA
Re: Suicide knob or not?
Ronin
How did you make driving a standard transmission work? Knees on wheel while shifting? And how do you find riding a bike? What's it like having to slam on the brakes and supporting you upper body weight? I like your choice in cars...
Cheers
Chris
How did you make driving a standard transmission work? Knees on wheel while shifting? And how do you find riding a bike? What's it like having to slam on the brakes and supporting you upper body weight? I like your choice in cars...
Cheers
Chris