I saw this poll in another forum, and thought it would be interesting to see who is actually using this forum for advice and help.

If you wish to add extra information about your injury, you can do so by replying to this post.

Please only post information regarding how or when you had your injury in this thread, off topic replies or requests will be moved to the appropriate area.

This Poll has now been amended to show the age at time of injury 29/07/07. If you have already voted, you will not be able to add your age at the time of injury. If you PM me, I'll add your age for you. Where voters have posted their ages in a discussion post, I have already added them upto 29/07/07 discussions.

Regards

Simon.

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Classic diving accident at age 17.
C5-C6 complete.

Stef

Took a nasty fall when I was 22 and 8 1/2 months pregnant. Spinal cord tumor hemorrhaged. T10, T11, T12 incomplete. May 10th marks my ten year anniversary.
~Netty~

Me too Steph....C-5 incomplete...Diving...Doh

Spina-bifida/congenital scoliosis from birth. Following a cord untethering in '03 (24 hrs. worth of surgery in five days) I had what is believed to be a spinal cord stroke, which resulted in paralysis.

Incomplete para (don't know the exact level...just pick one...they're all a mess ) But probably upper lumbar region.

Fell asleep at the wheel 3 days before my 20th birthday. (May 1st, 2004)

T5 complete para.

I injured myself 8 years ago I was able to walk for a long time after. my injury is failed back surgery, I have not been unable to walk or move my legs or feet for a year.
I have some feeling in my right leg and none in my left. I cant feel temperature in my legs but I get alot of pain in my right leg

When I was 15, almost 20 years ago.

Had a blood-filled cyst at the t2-t3 level which compressed the spinal cord. Was paralyzed for over a week from just below the rib cage on down. Was in rehab over a month. Slowly learned to walk again. Have residual weakness from abdomen on down to feet along with balance problems and spasticity in the legs and feet. Weakened pelvic girdle and hips now turn out. Have had to have a hand brake and throttle installed on vehicle and use a motorized scooter to get around.

1983 (June) transverse Myelitis

Gunshot wound, 5 years in August.
T6 Complete Para.

C3-4 Incomplete. June 9th 2000 (just 'celebrated' 5 years) got knocked off a motorcycle by an old guy performing a U-turn on a dual carriageway here in the UK.

L1 incomplete fracture 7th Feb 1997 rear seat passenger in car crash

I am a T10 Complete para since February 14, 1989. Wow time does fly quickly!

Well here I am with all of you ... and for me, with the summer off, three days into my vacation, I was just doing the Internet thing and found this wonderful forum.



I am your early, okay your mid-forties gentleman and this forum and site looks and sounds like a wonderful place to share, add my two cents and ask those questions we all probably have.

My short story ... was that I was heading to a ski resort when I came across black ice under fresh snow. The laws of physics being what they are I managed to to do a triple "clutz" and wound up sliding off the road and down an embankment. The nice part was this was just a one vehicle accident and nobody else was with me nor was any other vehicle involved. To answer your silent question, no I wasn't speeding and I was wearing my seat belt.

Needless to say there is a significantly longer story ... but I am going to just indicate that on that infamous day, I managed to avoid paying the ski lift fees and also got a helicopter ride back to the city!

I am looking forward to sharing my experiences gained over time, learning about the new and many things I might have missed in life and meeting wonderful new people here on this forum!

Always with JOY,
William

P.S. Obviously I haven't figured out how to post a message here and include more than one emoticon.

Car Accident, T-10-L1 incomplete, 2 years in October

C2-C3 incomplete quad, on a respirator while sleeping. MVA in Aug/1982.

My husband is an L1- He was run over by a cotton picker on October 27, 2004. He died three times and spent 55 days in surgical intensive care unconscious on a ventilator and on dialysis. Then he spent an additional 4 months in rehab. He came home on April 26, 2005....one day before the six month anniversary! Doing great now and loving life!!

about 2 years ago, fell 50ft onto concrete, para

I had a spontaneous spinal extradural haematoma on September 30th 2004, at age 27.
Huge chest pain one morning, then lost use of legs - whisked to hospital where paralysis went up to chest. That day had a 5 hour operation to remove the huge bleed.

I was a T2 complete para then, and I still am.

.....c-4 incomplete.......fell asleep driving.....2 yrs post

27 years as of this past July. I'm a C4/C5/C6 complete after a surfing accident at age 19.

Diving @ 15 ,uhhhm lets see,,,,, 23 years ago.. C3-4 incomplete...

T12-L2 incomplete, lifting a car engine it won! in 1981

I am a T12-L1 incomplete para - I was knocked down by a lorry and dragged 22 feet before the vehicle was stopped. I broke my back, my left leg was amputated above knee and I also had my left index finger amputated.

My accident occurred on the 1 December 2003. I was in intensive care and high dependency units of the Royal Victoria Hospital for 7 weeks and then transferred to the Spinal Cord Unit at Musgrave Park Hospital where I began my rehabilitation. I was discharged at the end of April 2004 and am now getting on with the rest of my life

c5 - complete - bike

T10/T11 complete. Motorbike accident in 1987.

My husband (Jeff) fell from our roof May 7th 2005. T6/7 (complete or incomplete?) Coming up on 6 month anniversary.

My boyfriend had a motorbike accident 27 years ago He's T5 complete

C4 complete - 1983 (22 years).
Collapsed scrum playing lock (2nd row) - for complete rugby numbskuylls Martin Johnsons position - if you don't know who he is then you're probably American

Para T7 complete, with loadz of other broken bones, after some idiot did'nt see the bike I was 'pillion passenger' on, the culprit:- a car cutting out in front of the bike being driven by my ex. Sweet 16 in 1969!
36yrs on.................... During which I had many good times, and bad, married age 19, 1st child at the age of 21 (normal birth...3hrs labour! easy!!) Son now 32yrs old and a 6ft 5 great son! 2nd child 20months after! (normal birth...1hr labour! Yep even easier!!) Daughter will be 30 next month, given me a lovely grandson who is now 3yrs old! Divorced in 1979, After having lotsa money off me, while he dint work,who I now Know is serving HMP for being a 'kind husband to his 'late wifte'!! Think about that one!! Lucky escape for me!!Phew!

Then hooked up with a guy 7 yrs younger than me, who lived in MY HOME for 17yrs, took on the kids as his own, til one day he pi***d off, after I had given last of my compo money for him to set up own business..'GAS CONNECTIONS' in Leeds, What a B***tard he turned out to be!!

Now, I have a 'friend' a guy who is 16yrs younger than me...Like them young 5yrs livin at mine sometimes with his dog, then at his place while he worked, and renovated his house, now it's ready, I'm left with the dog, his friendship, and loadsa junk in my bungalow while he trys to sell his 'spotless' contempary look house, seeing mine is a tip with his gear allover. Do I fall for the 'wrong guys' or what!! Who said all men are not the same??
MMMmmmmm! Ok, changed the subject a bit there, but someone might like to read it and laugh or cry.............

L1 complete after falling in a shower. Sixteen months counting now.

My partner, Natalie, is a T2/3 incomplete after a car accident (thrown clear of the car when her parents tried to dodge a kangaroo and ran off the road) when she was 18mths old. So its been about 20 ½ years. Doctors took about 6mths to realise she had a SCI and by then the damage was already done.

I fell at work 96ft hit something on the way down broke my fall. I have a partial lesion of the L5.

T12-L1 incomplete -- motorbike in 2001 aged 20

i had a bleed after the initial crash. Car flashed his headlights at another guy who was pulling out. The guy pulling out didnt bother his ass to look right so i ended up head butting his A pillar. I also got epilepsy just to add to the fun and 2 smashed up thumbs. Back then i kept taking the skin of the underside of my chin everytime i had a seizure! Got married two years ago all we need now is a flat house.




Wriggley

I was injuried 5 weeks ago in MVA. Incomplete. Not sure what level of injury.

C5/6 complete 1995 "Classic" diving injury aged 23

I was at work as a conductor for the railroad in chicago whwn I got hurt just over 2 years ago. Threre where no witnesses and I don't remember a thing, I don't even remember going to work that day.
I think of all the stupied shit I have done on my motorcycle and this is how I got hurt, at least this way I have workerscomp kinda........
gary

I thought of all the places in the world Bruce was the safest at work...wrong!!!
He drove too fast, hunted hogs with his bare hands, shot guns all the time, drank and did stupid stuff,raced boats, and was trying to become a cop. I'm not surprised it happened, but I'm surprised at how it happened!

My boyfriend is a C1 quad. Fell from a platform 5 ft off the ground at a friends house, October 22, 1992.

It will be my 3rd year this January 6, 2006.
T9 - T11 some portions of sacral area
tb granuloma due to complication of steroids during
the treatment of ulcerative colitis - Manila, Phil.

c5 inc quad t12 comp with brain injury on 7/3/96. post over 9 yrs. motorcycle accident.

Thrown from a "mentally challenged" horse. I hit a very large oak tree causing a fractured dislocation at C7 .
Shame no-one bothered to tell me the horse was a nutter. It was shot a few days later.

Date: The 40th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor - 7th December 1981 (The year of the Disabled) I was 21yrs old and lost my job as a District Nurse (only been there 6 weeks).

Spent 4 and a half months in Lodge Moor and hated every second of it

C6 complete, 2 years on the 27th of July. Front seat passenger in a car crash, everyone else was fine

Im T/9 sensory incomplete now 13 months was in a road traffic accident.

C7 Quad complete. Have limited use of hands. Good arms and shoulders. Had a truck car accident about 10 years and a couple of months ago. A 80 year old man pulled out in front of the loaded truck I was riding in and the truck driver took the ditch rolling the truck....here goes I, above ground and wheeling.

L1 incomplete,fell onto concrete like you wheelie.happened 01/12/01 flown back to England after 3 weeks and operated on 31/12/01

jasons one-year anniversary ill be sometime in november - not sure of the exact date, i think its the 6th or the 11th or something like that.

Since January 29, 1998 (car accident at 17)

T5 Complete 2 yrs ago..fell off a wall on holidays...

kevins was seven months ago, the one-year anniversary will be december 4th.