Shooting pains

[Rocket Ray]

Does anybody else have only occasional shooting pains in their bpi arm? I'm getting pangs that feel like an electrical charge to my hand of my bpi arm. I am still hoping to someday get a nerve transfer if my insurance ever agrees to cover it.

[cbe411]

I get those electric shooting pains in my hand as well, not the rest of the arm, just in the hand (nuckles area). The best way that I Have found to help the pains is to apply pressure. Sometimes this is squeezing my hand till the fingers turn blue, sometime I beeat on it with whatever is avaliable, some times a hammer! haha It makes it feel better and it sure has worked the past 4 years. My doc thinks i am nUTS but it really helps! Give it a try! I am interested in what others do for this pain!!!

COurt xx

[admin]

James gets burning, stinging pains in his hand and fingers. Sometimes he says it feels like his hand is in a vice being squeezed and other times he says its like his hand is on the stove burner. He will grab his hand and lose his breath and I have to make him breath literally. He squeezes it too, looks like that would make it worse, if thats possible???????

[Karen McClune]

Coutney,

Ryan use to bang his arm on the walls. After the nerve transplant the pain was better. That was 5 years ago.

He also stopped taking meds as it wasn't doing any good.

Hugs, Karen

[Rocket Ray]

Thanks everybody - I thoughtit was only me. It DOES go away after awhile. I always thought it meant there was some life in that arm. ~Ray

[Wes]

Yes i too expirence those terrible pains, i get the electrical shocks but it only gets me in thumb, i just squeeze the thumb until i am about to rip it off and that beleive it or not does help it. If i just rub the index finger it will fire up the thumb. I also get the pressure down the arm and it feels like it is on fire. I have tbpi to my right arm, happened in june 2004. I had the oberin surgery in November and to this day i still get the pains. Hang in there they tell me it gets better.

Wes