I had NO idea
Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2003 2:30 pm
I was just doing some research for a fiction piece I am toying with and found this huge network of others with erbs palsy. I cried. I didn't know!
Why I had never looked online before is beyond me.
I'm heading toward my twenty eighth birthday, mom to three, business owner, writer, wife, New Yorker and have had a bum arm since birth.
I was 11 pounds 14.5 ounces at birth. One month overdue and my mother was just told she was getting fat. There was no attempt to schedule a c-section. Of course I got stuck.
The doctor yanked my shoulder and the rest is history. A few months later, another giorl was born with the same. They sued and won -- adding to my bitterness.
Mom was told I would never use my arm, but she exercised me all day. I finally started moving one finger and since then have always between 35% and 65% use. I have little control over my shoulder and can't straighten my elbow. My arm is shorter, especially when I don't exercise and my elbow naturally curls. My hand is smaller too, of course.
I've lost a lot of mobility since my career change. I spend so much time sitting at a desk now, I have a lot of pain and have to prop my arm on a pillow. I need to get back to the gym to get some good use back.
I could go on and on forever -- twenty eight years worth anyway. But I'll spare you about that now.
i have no idea if the doc is still liable after all this time or if there's new treatments. I am just swimming in the fact that this whole network is here. I was told I am one in a million and here it says 5-10 in 1,000 births. Holy crow!
Gina
Why I had never looked online before is beyond me.
I'm heading toward my twenty eighth birthday, mom to three, business owner, writer, wife, New Yorker and have had a bum arm since birth.
I was 11 pounds 14.5 ounces at birth. One month overdue and my mother was just told she was getting fat. There was no attempt to schedule a c-section. Of course I got stuck.
The doctor yanked my shoulder and the rest is history. A few months later, another giorl was born with the same. They sued and won -- adding to my bitterness.
Mom was told I would never use my arm, but she exercised me all day. I finally started moving one finger and since then have always between 35% and 65% use. I have little control over my shoulder and can't straighten my elbow. My arm is shorter, especially when I don't exercise and my elbow naturally curls. My hand is smaller too, of course.
I've lost a lot of mobility since my career change. I spend so much time sitting at a desk now, I have a lot of pain and have to prop my arm on a pillow. I need to get back to the gym to get some good use back.
I could go on and on forever -- twenty eight years worth anyway. But I'll spare you about that now.
i have no idea if the doc is still liable after all this time or if there's new treatments. I am just swimming in the fact that this whole network is here. I was told I am one in a million and here it says 5-10 in 1,000 births. Holy crow!
Gina