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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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Post by kingcnut on May 5, 2024 9:36:52 GMT -5
Christina Vithoulkas became a paraplegic after crashing her motorbike during a jump in September 2018 and became T5
The crash followed an accident only nine months earlier which had left her with a compressed T6 vertebrae.
I remember her saying in an interview how she knew the risks and how lucky she was with the first injury but loved riding so much she didn't mid It could paralyse her, She still rides and has a great attitude. Apparently she has no regrets and is better than ever.
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Post by zekemartin on May 5, 2024 11:47:05 GMT -5
I had a bicycle accident that led to T6 fracture and complete SCI.
About 18 months later had an accident on my handcycle - included a lot of road rash, broken finger and a concussion.
I don’t know what I would have done if it had been a C level injury.
Getting through rehab once took a lot; not sure I could do it again . . .
Then again - we do what we have to do
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Post by jasononwheels on May 19, 2024 10:49:21 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. Yes, it has happened. Here's one that I know about personally. When I was in the rehab hospital after my injury, this massive man rolled into my room one day. He had heard that a newly-injured 6'4" teenager (me) was there, and was recruiting for his local wheelchair basketball team. We talked for a long time. When he was playing college basketball, he was the tallest to have ever played at that time (7'6"). He had a self-described alcohol problem and talked to lots of youth about it. Right before going pro, he got drunk and had a car wreck that left him a low-level para. Years later, he had another one that broke his back again at a higher level. He did not take care of himself (again, his words). Right before I met him, he had let scrapes and scratches on his lower legs become infected to the point they had to be amputated. He died a relatively-young man about a year after I met him.
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