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by Christopher
Tue Sep 19, 2017 10:29 pm
Forum: Newly Injured TBPI
Topic: DREZ
Replies: 1
Views: 3770

Re: DREZ

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...
by Christopher
Tue Mar 21, 2017 5:44 pm
Forum: Newly Injured TBPI
Topic: PARALYZED LUNG - PHRENIC NERVE REPAIR TO DIAPHRAGM
Replies: 1
Views: 7414

Re: PARALYZED LUNG - PHRENIC NERVE REPAIR TO DIAPHRAGM

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...
by Christopher
Tue Mar 21, 2017 3:22 pm
Forum: Newly Injured TBPI
Topic: PARALYZED LUNG - PHRENIC NERVE REPAIR TO DIAPHRAGM
Replies: 1
Views: 7414

PARALYZED LUNG - PHRENIC NERVE REPAIR TO DIAPHRAGM

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...
by Christopher
Wed Feb 01, 2017 1:13 pm
Forum: Research Towards a Cure
Topic: 4‐Aminopyridine promotes functional recovery and remyelination in acute peripheral nerve injury
Replies: 2
Views: 4617

Re: 4‐Aminopyridine promotes functional recovery and remyelination in acute peripheral nerve injury

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...
by Christopher
Sun Nov 20, 2016 2:41 pm
Forum: Research Towards a Cure
Topic: 4‐Aminopyridine promotes functional recovery and remyelination in acute peripheral nerve injury
Replies: 2
Views: 4617

4‐Aminopyridine promotes functional recovery and remyelination in acute peripheral nerve injury

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...
by Christopher
Mon Sep 12, 2016 2:34 am
Forum: Pain Management
Topic: Smartphone study on weather and pain reveals early data
Replies: 0
Views: 16736

Smartphone study on weather and pain reveals early data

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
by Christopher
Thu Aug 04, 2016 7:58 pm
Forum: Pain Management
Topic: Corydalis - Chinese herbal compound relieves inflammatory and neuropathic pain
Replies: 0
Views: 10925

Corydalis - Chinese herbal compound relieves inflammatory and neuropathic pain

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...
by Christopher
Thu Aug 04, 2016 6:58 pm
Forum: Pain Management
Topic: Chronic Back Pain Is Associated with Decreased Prefrontal and Thalamic Gray Matter Density
Replies: 0
Views: 10369

Chronic Back Pain Is Associated with Decreased Prefrontal and Thalamic Gray Matter Density

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...
by Christopher
Thu Aug 04, 2016 6:26 pm
Forum: Pain Management
Topic: Biomedicine: Move over, morphine
Replies: 0
Views: 10983

Biomedicine: Move over, morphine

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...
by Christopher
Thu Aug 04, 2016 4:23 pm
Forum: Pain Management
Topic: Efficacy of cranial electrotherapy stimulation for neuropathic pain following spinal cord injury: a multi-site randomize
Replies: 0
Views: 10492

Efficacy of cranial electrotherapy stimulation for neuropathic pain following spinal cord injury: a multi-site randomize

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...