luke90
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Post by luke90 on Feb 16, 2024 13:36:21 GMT -5
Thinking about it I was wondering whether there were any real cases where someone sustained two spinal cord injuries independently of one another, for instance becoming a paraplegic after an accident and perhaps years later becoming a quadriplegic because of another accident.
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Post by Braced4Impact on Feb 16, 2024 15:13:13 GMT -5
I'm sure it statistically happened. Those people would be hella unlucky but I mean, people have been in two plane crashes before, so I would think that's not even too farfetched.
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Post by justnick on Feb 16, 2024 15:24:04 GMT -5
I actually know two people that this happened to. Well, one I know and one I know of because I had met him a couple of times. The guy was a para from being hit by a car on a bicycle, I believe. And he got hit again a few years later and broke a higher up to near quad level. He hated the world and I kind of don’t blame him. Although, to be hit by cars twice might’ve been his fault.
The other was a young woman that was in a car accident and broke both cervical vertebrae and then down somewhere in the lumbar or thoracic. She was a high para but got really ill and spasmed out of bed re-injuring the cervical vertebrae. They tried to surgically repair it but the damage was done.
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Post by Braced4Impact on Feb 16, 2024 15:38:47 GMT -5
I actually know two people that this happened to. Well, one I know and one I know of because I had met him a couple of times. The guy was a para from being hit by a car on a bicycle, I believe. And he got hit again a few years later and broke a higher up to near quad level. He hated the world and I kind of don’t blame him. Although, to be hit by cars twice might’ve been his fault. The other was a young woman that was in a car accident and broke both cervical vertebrae and then down somewhere in the lumbar or thoracic. She was a high para but got really ill and spasmed out of bed re-injuring the cervical vertebrae. They tried to surgically repair it but the damage was done. Damn, both of those suck balls. I guess I can't complain about my situation when I hear that. |
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Post by parawheeler on Feb 16, 2024 17:48:06 GMT -5
Thinking about it I was wondering whether there were any real cases where someone sustained two spinal cord injuries independently of one another, for instance becoming a paraplegic after an accident and perhaps years later becoming a quadriplegic because of another accident. I know of one guy who was in the spinal unit the same time as me who had a second spinal cord injury, I didn’t get to know him very well but I knew of his situation, he was a Para of about 12 years and had a car clip him while out hand cycling with his mate. He’s now injured at quad level but I’m not exactly sure how high. Tough one to take for sure! |
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Post by dutchdev on Feb 17, 2024 5:43:50 GMT -5
Just had two acquaintances that died around 40 by accidents (THiS YEAR!) you could also call them lucky for surviving twice!
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Post by britishtetra on Feb 18, 2024 14:30:01 GMT -5
Good evening, I haven’t been on here for awhile, I have got a few health issues at the moment, which will be a bit of luck will be sorted soon. Sometimes I feel like a 150 in dog years. Anyway, a few years ago I was in the spinal unit with a guy who had been a paraplegic for 10 years, had a car crash and became a tetraplegic! Honestly, I’ve never met anybody so unlucky.
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