Re: [QUAD-L] Spinal Cord Injury T7 complete

[Houston809]

Title: Re: [QUAD-L] Spinal Cord Injury T7 complete

You are in the right place or rather at the right place. We all go thru denial and I’m sure bout of depression if we admit it or not, I’m sure there are more on anti-depresents than not. He may have some feeling and some sensations. I don’t but I’m a C/6 C/7 complete. He’ll have 2 accept his sci in order 2 move on with his life.
I 2 was a gunshot wound but the person was trying 2 shoot me. I’ll say wrong place right time because everything happens 4 a reason.
Houston


On 12/11/04 7:00 PM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hi There,
> You could be in the best spot in the world, The QuadList.  We don't offer
> guarantees on this board.  We can only offer him the very best in what he
> chooses
> to do with his life... now and in the future.  We can offer him some prayers.
> We can answer alot of your questions.  We can't say that he will walk,
> dance, sing and become a millionaire next year.
> People facing this kind of injuries face all kinds of hurdles,  acceptance
> come later.
> I don't believe that there is a member of this list that wouldn't consider
> trading places with your boyfriend who has a T7 injury.  For most of those on
> this are quads with cervical injuries that offer less mobility than your
> boyfriend can look forward to.  Listen to the message we offer and judge for
> yourself.
> Best Wishes to you and your boyfriend and loved ones!
> W
> In a message dated 06/12/2004 05:01:31 GMT Standard Time,  
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
>
> I do  not know if I am in the right spot but I sure do hope so.  I  
> personally do not have a spinal cord injury but recently my boyfriend  
> has been diagnosed of having a spinal cord injury.  He was at the  
> wrong place at the wrong time and got shot at a club which caused him  
> to become paraplegic.  
>
> He is only 21 and not dealing with  this at all.  Is has been to one
> of the best rehabilitation center in  our city and is continuing going
> to rehab but he has yet to accept the  fact that he may never walk
> again:(
>
> The doctors told him that is a  95% of a chance that he will not
> regain his mobility again but we want to  believe otherwise.  Now, i
> do not know if we(meaning th family) are  in denial about his injury
> but I want to beleive that his injury in the  hands of a high power.
>
> I guess what I want to know what is the  probablity of him walking
> again?  He was diagnosed a SCI T7  complete.  I have done several
> research on this but nothing says  anything about mobility..He says
> his legs jumps continously but like i  told him they are spasms...He
> aslo said he feels pressure in his penis as  if he has to urinate like
> actually get up and go urinate but due to his  injury he cannot.  He
> also said he feel his legs being cold but I do  not know if that is a
> mind thing or if he really feels that  sensation...
>
> What to do? What to say?  He does not have the  physical support like
> he thought he was going to have which gets him  really down and me
> being not in his situation I continually say the same  thing over and
> over which I know he gets tired of hearing...
>
>
> Do  you'll have any advice I can tell him or rather a reality that I
> can give  all of us?  Please help me!
>>>
>