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Phantom Pain

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Hi all, are there any amputees out there, who are experiencing severe Neuropathic Pain,(phantom pain) and have experienced it for several years? can you tell me your story, what you have tried and if time itself is truly the best thing I have going for me. Pain has total control of my life and dictates my ability to do as I wish, when I wish, sleep denied, etc. you know the drill.
Jim
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I am forwarding your post to two friends who are amputees. I hope to copy and paste their replies soon.

Doug/Ouch
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Hi Jim,
I am not an amputee, but when I was in grad school, I was introduced to phantom limb pain while studying the brain/mind connection.
I was wondering if you had ever read V. Ramachandran's book Phantoms in the Brain (here is a link to it on Amazon) http://www.amazon.com/Phantoms-Brain-Probing-Mysteries-Human/dp/0688172172

There are also youtube videos that are fascinating, as well as maybe helpful to you
http://video.google.com/videosearch?hl=en&q=ramachandran+phantom+limb&revid=1721488753&ei=nK7GSdHSMI67twfInYnICg&resnum=0&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=r67GSdeFF4OstgeeyITICg&sa=X&oi=video_result_group&resnum=4&ct=title#

Otherwise, best of luck in your journey :)
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