I just checked a letter from the hospital and it says that i am L3 complete, but i can move my legs?? can you be a complete and move your legs?
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Little Help - Functionality Of L3 Paraplegic
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, Jun 01 2010 04:47 PM
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Posted 01 June 2010 - 05:00 PM
If you have feeling/movement below the level of injury then your incomplete.
If I'm wrong, Christ I must look into whether I am an actual SCI.....damn doctors know
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Posted 01 June 2010 - 05:02 PM
Wheelsonfire, on Jun 1 2010, 06:00 PM, said:
If you have feeling/movement below the level of injury then your incomplete.
If I'm wrong, Christ I must look into whether I am an actual SCI.....damn doctors know all
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If I'm wrong, Christ I must look into whether I am an actual SCI.....damn doctors know
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Posted 01 June 2010 - 05:04 PM
Have a look here http://www.apparelyz...dermatomes.html at L3 you should have leg movement regardless of whether you are complete or not
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Posted 01 June 2010 - 05:16 PM
Interesting link Trinity.
I remember back in rehab there was a bloke who came back in for a check up, same level as rak, dead as a door nail below his level and suffered from the worse root pain I ever heard of, at the time I thought only low level incomplete SCI encountered root pain.
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I remember back in rehab there was a bloke who came back in for a check up, same level as rak, dead as a door nail below his level and suffered from the worse root pain I ever heard of, at the time I thought only low level incomplete SCI encountered root pain.
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Posted 01 June 2010 - 05:36 PM
hey rak. my husband had an SCI, and his insurance paperwork came through as approved maternity stay at the hospital. wrong diagnosis codes apparently. any question in your mind, i'd contact your doctor...
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Posted 01 June 2010 - 05:37 PM
i had a look at the chart and i it shows that i must be a t-1. don't tell the state of florida they'll make me pay homeowners tax.
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hi fellow gimps! i'm a c 6/7 quad and have been injured since 1986. i was in a roll over hydroplane accident and it took hours for the paramedics to get me out of the car in the pouring rain. that definately wasn't my day. but alas life goes on!
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Posted 01 June 2010 - 06:26 PM
L1, C7, T4, these are just arbitrary numbers made up by doctors. Paralyzed is paralyzed, it's all the same. And because one person recovered, they all can. Those who don't are just too lazy.
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