Hi Cevi, Welcome to the Quad List and hope you consider posting a lot more info about yourself. I did visit your webpage and noticed that there were way too many pop-up ads that slowed down the process of getting your information. I don't know what state you live in or if you decided to go to college after graduation from high school, but that is another thing to consider. Dr. Bart Green of the Miami Project in Florida, to me, is the leading authority of tether spinal cords. I'm sure that there are others that may also be up to date and located at: Shepherd Hospital, in Atlanta, Craig Hospital in Denver, Kessler Hospital on the East Coast and Dr. Chen at RIC in Chicago. I hope that you've considered joining the local chapter of the National Spinal Cord Injury Association in your area. Keep on posting Best Wishes W
In a message dated 4/6/05 10:51:15 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Hi.. My name is Cevi. I am a partial quad.. I am able to walk. I have syringomyelia and Tethered cord syndrome. I have some questions about TCS and am looking for my answers. I already know so much about it... but I have not been able to find out what could happen to me if I DO NOT get my TCS surgically fixed... like is there a possiblity of my spinal cord snapping if I fall or anything... I know what can happen if I DO get the surgery... I just need to find out what could happen if I dont. My insurance has denied my request to go to a spinal cord hospital and I'm trying to put my argument together for my appeal letter and I want them to understand what problems I could face if I dont get this taken care of. I hope I will be able to find these answers here. I am in so many spinal cord injury groups and have not had any help with this question.. You can also check out my website that my mom made for me and for other people to learn from. Horsewmn.faithweb.com Thank you Take Care and God Bless CEVI >>
