What is Paralysis
Paralysis is the complete loss of muscle function for one or more muscle groups. Major causes are stroke, trauma, poliomyelitis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), botulism, spin...
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I am a wife and mother and alot of other things my husband is a t10 para and is going through hell he has been in his chair for almost 4 years and every day seems to be geting worse for him... the nerve pain is hell as well as the spasams ... we have tried heat and many many many different meds... all to no avail... nothing we do is helping and we arent sure what elese we can do..... he has an internal baclofin pump and the pain managment dr says he thinks it would be good for him to go and have morphine added to his pump to help with pain as well..... thing is NO dr here will do both....aaarrrrgg what the hell are we supposed to do.... i love my husband more than life and it kills me to see him go through soo much and know there isnt anything i can do to help him....any ideas would be great and also i am sorry if i am rambling....i am just so worried
Posted on 05/28/08, 03:05 pm |
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I have heard of people using a mixture of both. No personal experience tho.
Glad to meet you. KK 
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i can reallyrelate to you - my husband is a tetra pelegic and has much pain. The doctors say well your paralized, you cant be haveing that much pain. I am a nurse and we are taught not to question indications of pain. Please hang in there, is you hubby on an anti depressant, maybe that wouldhelp would love to hear from you
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