Samuel, Same here. Injured 14 yrs ago and the sleepless nights have cost me considerably and is not gettinbg better. Here's an old thread with new input from DREZ patients on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/225621117566174/permalink/689720174489597/ You may have to join the group "Bra...

Everything in the body is a web. There are many "connected" parts making the whole you. If the diaphragm is paralyzed (or a portion from one side - right or left) there are several corresponding consequences that will not be addressed by the majority of physicians or specialists. In fact I...

My diaphragm was paralyzed 14 years ago along with my TBPI, and there were no restorative surgical options available for that specific injury, but now there is. CSTFZ_mpJC4 https://www.uclahealth.org/plasticsurgery/phrenic-nerve-repair Phrenic Nerve Repair Innovative new surgery repairs phrenic nerv...

Igonda, Thanks for the kind words of appreciation. The science is there, it'll be just a matter of time before it all comes together. Wise move being cautious with medications, as I've experienced the same "half-awake", which was worse in the end than the pain (if that is possible!). All t...

4‐Aminopyridine promotes functional recovery and remyelination in acute peripheral nerve injury http://embomolmed.embopress.org/content/early/2016/11/14/emmm.201506035.full http://d3gz45kfcn01zz.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/highwire/embomm/early/2016/11/14/emmm.201506035/embed/graphic-1.gif T...

Great idea!
Got to get these folks to extend this study to the USA (it's for the UK only right now).

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-37301579

Chinese herbal compound relieves inflammatory and neuropathic pain VIDEO: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982213014942 https://news.uci.edu/press-releases/chinese-herbal-compound-relieves-inflammatory-and-neuropathic-pain/ Irvine, Calif., Jan. 2, 2014 — A compound derived from...

Nice. My brain has aged around 130-260 years since injury and none the wiser... http://www.jneurosci.org/content/24/46/10410 The role of the brain in chronic pain conditions remains speculative. We compared brain morphology of 26 chronic back pain (CBP) patients to matched control subjects, using ma...

this sounds better than the average SCS, as I've read multiple cases of electrode implants moving after surgery debilitating the SCS's function. Biomedicine: Move over, morphine http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v535/n7611_supp/full/535S4a.html http://www.saludamedical.com/technology/pain-managem...

I'm currently researching Spinal Cord Stimulators (SCS) and Cranial Electrotherapy Stimulators (CES). SCS's are more invasive as they require an implanted electrodes into the spinal cord, and the device itself is implanted beneath the skin. Here's one company's CES I'm looking into: http://www.fishe...