United Brachial Plexus Network

Thank you for forwarding Carolyn. I have spoken with Donald.

JJ

The pictures come up fine for me. Dude, that thing is crazy!

I just wanted to let everyone know who participates how thankful I have been for this website. Luckily, I have healed and moved on from this devistating injury, but during the first year it was not known what would happen. Anyway, I just wanted to say thanks for sharing and stay motivated to be an i...

That is awesome! Are you selling Tshirts?

JJ

That was a much needed post, well done!

Hey Madison, very sorry to hear about your injury. Have you had an EMG? I am wondering how you know it is a stretch. If you haven't had one, you should try to schedule one asap. They do usually wait a bit after an injury for your nerves to settle before administering an EMG, but that is usually arou...

Check out this thread, it talks a bit about the difference between the 2 types of tests. http://ubpn.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1 ... 75&start=0
They are definately different. Check it out.

My evaluation consisted of an EMG, a nerve conduction test, and a meeting with several specialists. I believe my total was somewhere around the amount of $4000.00

Jmar, believe me, I feel extremely lucky to have recovered from this unbelievably hard injury to cope with. No one really understands what you are going through to have part of your body paralyzed and not understanding what will or will not come back. It was a huge struggle for me. As far as my hand...

You are definately doing the right thing going to the Mayo clinic. I have recovered from an injury that started with no other movement but my hand. I started to get slights bends and rotations happening within the first couple of months after my accident. I had an emg done about 1 month post acciden...