SPINAL CORD INJURY

A SPINAL CORD INJURY

My spinal cord is injured. Incomplete injury, as they call it, which means that my spinal cord (between T12 and S1) was not injured in its entirety.

My vertebrae, spine, and nerves are badly damaged and the pain is at times unbearable. That's why I often prefer to be in bed, but I also need a lot of physiotherapy so the rest of my body stays in shape and my blood circulation keeps flowing. And I train hard to keep my body in shape. Which means that my repaired arms will soon be a source of joy because I can do so much more with them.

Soon, SOON. When I have this horrible left arm surgery over and done with, and my other medication has me balanced once again.

In hopefully a month, I will have back surgery and they will fixate part of my back. It means that bending over will be harder if at all possible, but honestly? I don't care, as long as the pain will be gone or at the very least, be less.

What it is, me and a wheelchair, a sort of chair you can push or be pushed in, not motorized because I can use my arms. What is in the chair, is a small twitching person, me. Most of the time, I can use and feel my legs a little. My spine was injured, my vertebrae broken, so a quick lesson here:

• I cannot  stand;
• I cannot walk a few steps;
• I cannot move my legs ;
• I can wiggle two of my toes;
• I am ticklish at the back of my legs, NOT the front, and NOT my foot soles.
• I do not feel most of my legs, only a few spots.

I need a catheter and bags strapped to my leg. Isn't that sort of humiliating? No! What would be humiliating, is peeing my pants all day ;)

And last but not least: sex
Is anything at all possible?
Yes, it is, absolutely. But I am not going to tell you nosey peeps that in public.
Ask me in PM (if you dare) ;)