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[strngink]

so gor the first time in 1yr. i seen my body in the mirror nude..sad sight i never looked in the mirror after a shower cuz ive always sat down but today i stood up in my room with a walker on my weak left side where my left leg wont lock basically the muscles are drooping now my right side i could lock my knee so the leg is much bigger then left side so it looked pretty good besides the fact that i had a slight bend n my knee but i couls straighten that out.i wish n pray my left side comes back like my rightside so i could kinda even out.idk it just kinda reminded me how bad my injury is however i couldnt move at all at first but last few weeks ive been able to move left side so maybe my prayers have been answered but now how long will it take for left side to catch up to right?

[lavenderthistle]

It's a crap shoot for what comes back and what doesn't.
The biggest thing is, if and when you get return...go with it. Work those muscles. Use it or lose it absolutely applies. I forget how long you've been injured and whether or not you have therapy. If you don't have therapy ask some members on here what they do. There are plenty of walkers around...many walkers tend to lurk and not post much, so you may need to look around, find one who may have some answers and send a PM

[ClaraTaylor]

Work as hard as you can with exercise, swimming? Physio exercises? Sometimes it makes all the difference, other times we're not so lucky. But if you don't try you never know.

[strngink]

well this week i just found out that if i put my left leg straight i could tighten my knee awsome thing an i could lift the left leg off the floor like im sitting in my chair with my left leg sticking straight out then i tightened it an lift up the leg gets up about 10'inches for a few sec. then bends back down but hey its new i couldnt move it for the longest left leg knee started moving feb.2011 so from then till now that how far i got hope to get more but i will make sure i post what happens..however i posted this about body look an well left side butt just dont look ok backside period.n left leg becuz its gotten so skin i lost 60lbs in first two weeks n never got it back my color has gone also an my skin doesnt heal good at all if i get a cut or between my legs from sweting my skin is breaking down like pealing off like sunburn ??idk y its doing that if i went to a tanny place will that make my skin peal off or is it ok ?