Originally Posted by jimbo

My friends,
I know you all worry about me and talk about things to help and please believe me I truly appreciate it greatly.
What you don't know is that I believe the surgery I first had due to my accident was not completed without mishap. I never regained total control of my arm like straightening all the way or the feeling of burning.

It was explained to me that in order to place the rod inside my bones they started at the front of my shoulder, pushed all the muscles and nerves out of the way, drilled out the marrow down to the elbow and dropped the rod thru then cut thru my elbow to connect the rod to my elbow.
I don't know about you but that sounds on the side of yukkiness to me.

I had a balance problem ever since the accident too. Later I was told this was contributed to my head trauma, which FYI, it was so deep and bleeding so much that the EMT stapled my head to stop it. When I arrived at the hospital they removed the staples and sewed me up.

It was not until my neurologist had a CAT Scan done that my atrophy was discovered. She also performed all the conduction and block tests and it was determined that the atrophy and the involved nerves meet at the point where my spine enters the brain cerebellum area.
Since drilling into my head isn't going to happen, treatment for the pain and staying off of my feet is the only option left.

Sorry to go on and on but that's the whole scoop...