Hi Jude, I can help you understand the "why can someone walk yet not feel.."
It's because motor nerves and sensory nerves are TWO different pathways. So
it's possible for the sensory path to be destroyed, yet have the motor path
remain intact.
For me, my right leg feels touch but not pain (or not much) and not
temperature, but I have full motor function. My left leg is paralyzed almost
completely, yet I can feel pain and temp on that side, though light touch I
don't feel (only I feel it in a few spots).
Marieke RN, TM @ T1 March 2004
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Yippee!!!!! Way to go
Terry! I know how hard you have worked for this and how long it has
taken you. You deserve this good news.
I am wondering...do you also have
sensation with the ability to walk? Or, have you always had
it? Never had it?
For the life of me, I don't
understand it when people say that they are walkers but have no sensation
and have to watch with every step where their feet are placed. It
must be so difficult.
I shed tears of joy for you
Terry...and for you Sparker...you know how much I love
you.
God Bless You again and
again,
Jude
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