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New paralysis/rehabilitation
Especially for those new to the paralysis community - this is a place to learn, to listen, to ask any question you have about trauma or disease. You are not alone: Share with others who have been in your shoes and who have faced your issues. This is the place to talk about rehab and recovery, too.
Santa Clara for Rehab?
- By Tucson · New reply September 15, 2008
- 10 replies
- My husband was injured on June 19, and is currently in an acute care hospital in Tucson AZ. They have not been able to wean him from the ventilator, but I don't believe they have any experience with SCI ...
Monday Workout with Dominatrix Therapist !!
- By Grrlinluv · New reply September 9, 2008
- 1 reply
- Yesterday I had another FANTASTIC therapy session with my workhorse Carla (luv her to death !), and she was proud of me and said i did PHENOMENALLY !!!! Now mind you when I last saw her Friday, she kicked ...
SCI Complete / Incomplete ???
- By Grrlinluv · New reply September 9, 2008
- 11 replies
- Ok I am still so new to all of this as my motor car accident was last year September 30, 2007. It sounds like a long time ago, but my accident happened in Trinidad and the idea of therapy, and the importance ...
Bone Fragments Compressing The Cord?
- By Blondeyvonne · Posted September 7, 2008
- 0 replies
- My name is Monica, the mother of Bradley who has a spinal cord injury injury from a car wreck Dec. 2007. I have a friend who sent me the message below: Does anyone have any knowledge about this they would ...
Asking For Help-My Mom is Overwhelmed
- By Blondeyvonne · New reply September 7, 2008
- 19 replies
- My name is Bradley and I'm a 22 year old paraplegic t8 down from an auto accident 8 months ago 12-7-07. If anyone has any suggestions as to places to go outside of the State of Mississippi for help please ...
Bloating Sensation
- By Pinklemon71 · New reply September 1, 2008
- 2 replies
- My partner has a t6 complete sci. I wrote last week about some trouble wth his intestinal program. This week, he has asked me to find out a little about this bloating sensation he has been having. He ...
Intestinal program
- By Pinklemon71 · New reply August 26, 2008
- 19 replies
- this is my first posting. my husband was in a motorbike accident on 28.06.08 which is not so ong ago. He injury is at T-5/6 level. We live in Italy and he is in a spinal cord unit undergoing rehab. Acute ...
Nerve Stimulation And Weight Supported Treadmill System
- By Blondeyvonne · Posted August 13, 2008
- 0 replies
- I live in Pearl, MS and am willing to try (with trained staff) to see if I am going to have any response to a weight supported treadmill system, the E-stim bike and the hand held nerve stimulator. I have ...
Paralysis due to spinal avm rupture
- By AVM · New reply August 11, 2008
- 9 replies
- My 13-year-old son is paralyzed from waist down due to 2nd rupture of spinal avm after he was embolized. This happened on 2-18-08. He is currently at a pediatric rehab in nyc (been there since 3-03-08 ...
Kennedy Kreiger Spinal Cord Institute
- By JuneBaby · New reply August 6, 2008
- 9 replies
- Do any of you have any knowledge or experience with Kennedy Kreiger? Our 4 y/o grandaughter has complete T6 and we are looking into taking her there ...
regaining balance
- By goldy24k · New reply July 18, 2008
- 12 replies
- Hi I had a head injury in 1986. A woman driving her car hit me. I have slowly been working on recovery. I can walk down the hall with crutches and an assistant. I keep waiting for the day when I can walk ...
Whats next...
- By Friend4Life · New reply July 12, 2008
- 2 replies
- Hello to all of those that have been following Lee's condition. As I posted in the journal he is starting to come around and things are happening quickly. We will soon be on our way to inpatient rehabilitation ...
New to This
- By Pinkvegas76 · New reply July 9, 2008
- 2 replies
- By way of introduction, my name is Pam and on July 4 of this year I had a 4-wheeler accident. I was injured at T11 and T12. My spinal cord was pushed back by one of the bones but was not severed. My injury ...
muscle sensory question....
- By Friend4Life · New reply July 4, 2008
- 11 replies
- Hello everybody, I hope your day is going well. Again I lean to you for answers. Your's seem to be the most informative and honest. Thank you. I have some confusion about the signs of movement. Lee moves ...
"Walking" After a Complete T6 Injury
- By JuneBaby · New reply June 28, 2008
- 10 replies
- Our 4 y/o grandaughter was diagnosed with a complete T6 compression injury due to a car wreck on March 25, 2008. In July, she is going to the Shriners' Hospital in Philadelphia, PA for "gait training ...
Leg and hand Paralysis
- By suneer · New reply June 14, 2008
- 1 reply
- All, could someone help my mom out from Paralysis, she's been suffring from this 19 years now. she was really healthy. its happend the day once she deliver my younger sister who is ninteen years old now.it ...
Central Cord Syndrom
- By Boyd · New reply June 10, 2008
- 7 replies
- Hi. I am new to all of this. My husband fell from about 12 feet head first on concrete. At first doctors were concerned with his brain injury. He had a brain hemorrhage that was successfully stopped and ...
Urinary Trac Infections
- By Dakota · New reply June 10, 2008
- 27 replies
- My son who is 22 was injured in an automobile accident in September. He is a paraplegic. He self caths 4 times a day. He has had 7 UTI's in 3 months. His primary care physician has put him on oral medications ...
Good News....New Floor, New Doctors.......
- By Friend4Life · New reply June 8, 2008
- 4 replies
- UPDATE: New floor, new doctors, new outlook. WOW, how quickly things change in couple days. I am sure there will be more down times but today is a good day. Still on Vent, but only pressure support. For ...
SCI Rehab
- By SaraKudela · New reply June 7, 2008
- 7 replies
- My dad is currently residing in a nursing care facility of mediocre quality. He is a 55 year old C4 incomplete quad (sept 07 fall) but he has both sensation and movement in the hands, arms, feet and legs ...
