United Brachial Plexus Network

Andrew, It sounds like I'm a couple years behind where you're at, but certainly on a similar path... It's been almost 2 years since my accident, I had the surgeries for supraspinatus (works) and bicep(just started noticeably tensing when I breathe), and I'm on Gabapentin, Amitryptiline, and a muscle...

I may have said this before, but Dr. Catherine Curtin at Stanford Hospital in Palo Alto/Redwood City CA specializes in BPI. She did a couple surgeries for me, I recommend her highly.
-brian

Second what jmar said... I'm sure mayo is great and all, but they're not the only place in the country. I can reccommend Dr. Catherine Curtin at Stanford Hospital in Redwood City, CA, which may be a little closer, depending on where exactly in AZ you are.

We did design it around a particular knife and I did think about that. We could have done it differently so that any knife would work but this was the most secure way to do it, given that we had a particular knife. I picked a cheap, easily replaceable one (standard brand at restaurant supply stores)...

I could see them when I checked this page, not signed in and from a different computer... can anybody else chime in?

I have been wanting to come up with a good solution for breaking down vegetables (or whatever) for cooking. I have a food processor and a mandolin, so I've got the slicing, julienne-ing, etc. under control, but it's hard to get to that point sometimes - things don't always want to hold still to get ...

hey man, i have a lot of the same thoughts. i'm sitting at about 17 months from my accident, i've had 2 surgeries - one to re-enervate a muscle in my shoulder (supraspinatus) and one to re-enervate my bicep. only the shoulder worked. a lot of the time, i wish that i could go back and avoid those two...

congrats on being 'done' (fingers crossed)

i watched your video and i have to say, i would kill for that kind of function in my left arm

I'm going to respond to the "such as" part of the question as I've never taken wellbutrin but have taken a couple different antidepressants. As of now I only take gabapentin 1200mg 3x/day. At one point my pain management doc prescribed me desipramine in addition to the gabapentin, which do...

There are a lot of people on here who have had to make that decision for themselves, and can give you some insight into how they made that decision. My doc has suggested a free muscle transfer for me, I haven't made my mind up about it. I don't see some info about your daughter that I think would be...