An important point is that "progress" may have much more to do with how you use what you regain and how well you train yourself in improvising to do things toward independence. These can be much more beneficial than specifically what muscle use and control is regained.
I was a complete C5/6 Quad who went on to college and 11 years teaching while an L4 Para my age in my same small hometown went on to become the town drunk often found passed out leaning on the outside wall of the last bar he was able to wheel out of (or was pushed out aft passing out). How you do with what you have is the key! Best regards, --Tod ---- Quadius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I did see one quadriplegic (C5 incomplete) who was able to learn to walk > with some assistance (one cane) about one year after finishing his initial > rehabilitation. He, however, backslid later on when he became addicted to > drugs, but there was some potential there. The overwhelming majority of > people usually don't improve that much after their initial rehabilitation, > but if they continue to work hard they can consistently progress to point > where they might be able to do much more than if they didn't work on it. > Notice all of the conditionals I put into this paragraph. > > Basically it doesn't happen that often. > Quadius > > > > > On 5/25/08, Joe Gullion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > has anyone heard of people getting up and walking after being in a chair > > for 1-2-3 years i would like to think there is hope for me i have been in > > one for 9 months now iam getting alot of good feeling back along with > > burning freezing cramping let me know joe > > ------------------------------ > >
