United Brachial Plexus Network, Inc.

Hey guys, sorry for the late update. Its been tiring. it went well. the nerves where not as damaged as expected. the cleared out scar tissue and used a cadaver nerve to patch up the area they cleared. They only had one inconsistency when they tested the nerve the muscle didnt fire. they are going to give it 4 month to see if it will show any improvement because the nerves looked real good to them. they have real high hopes for recovery for me. thank you all for your prayers and thoughts. on the plus side i have sensation in places i didnt have before. i hope it keeps building. One thing is for sure, if i didnt have the strength of my wife im not sure i would have any at all, i love you babe.

Congrats!!! I know you must have been excited to get such good news,I hope it continues to be good news and great recovery for you.Good luck and best wishes.

Thanks armstrong,
its still weird to see a best case scenario but things dont work. As they said time will tell i suppose. Im optimistic. I really dont want to get a rib nerve transfer.

hi geomand. i had surgery 6 weeks ago. my muscles were a lot worse than they thought. but my recovery so far is better than expected. i hope the same for you.
i have a whopping one-pound weight restriction. WOW! i can lift a can of soft drink! but my movement is better than my strength. i am working on both with my OT.

jmar thats great news man!!! i would love that type of movement, tell us your story!!!. Any good news on hear is great for all people believe me.

I'm glad to know that you all are seeing some recovery from your surgeries,it's very frustrating to go through all the changes that happen with this injury and go through surgery and nothing changes.I had my surgery in march and so far nothing but it's always good to hear from those who are getting some function back,good luck and may you continue to improve.

i thought i was going to be using my hand right after surgery, but my muscles were so streaked with fatty tissue, it made it impossible to do what the dr wanted to do. she had to change the approach she used. i woke up in a cast. after 2 days i was put in a splint for 5 weeks that forbade me to even wiggle my fingers. now that i am out of that, my hand is a lot better than it was before the surgery. armstrong and geomand, you are both fairly newly injured. not much past the time i was injured so we will get better together. it takes a LOT of time for that to happen. although i have some movement, my strength is very poor.
i am just so angry with the dr that did this to me. %#@!@$#@*&(*&@!$#. i had to wait 14 months for this surgery. he kept telling me i did not need an EMG, or nerve testing, or anything else. he kept telling me it was getting better, when in fact, three of my fingers were clawing and becomiing useless. this is a very severe injury and should have been treated immediately. my insurance sent me to another dr after 10 months. that is why my muscles were in such bad shape. they were very deteriorated from no nerve activity. if this surgery was done last year, i probably would have most of my function back by now.

OH MY GOD!! Doctors enable you or they say ( You should of saw me earlier!!! That,TICKS me off BIG Time!!!!!!!!!! Like your not dealing with enough with the Physical issues , Doctors by posting I Have read put you GUYS over a Emotional LEDGE!!!! I have read this far To many TIMES !!!!

I never had treatment in my lifetime and you Guys do , IF YOU CAN Find THE RIGHT TREATMENT and Doctor some ware ???!!!! I HATE IT SO MUSH when you end up EMOTIONAL SPINNING!!!! and HURT!!!

What ever your out come from surgery you will in time adapt!!!!! YOur Brain does start rewiring to think about adapting and one arm thinking by fact (MY LIFE). It cant be just me with no treatment EVER!!

I am so Happy when you guys find the treatment and find surgeries that help by your posts ( IF YOU CAN FINALLY FIND ONE!!!), Why doctors make statement LIKE THIS I have no clue or maybe I think they say it to lower your expectation, Base on there ability

FACT:TREAtment of today are better now than none I had Just because one treatment is not there today does not mean there is not a treatment or a doctor in YOUR FUTURE Doctors option need to be in one Ear and out the other
I do not want you guys going threw emotional harm because of what a doctor may say because YOU GUYS TRY SO HARD TO FIND HELP with out true direction

TOM