[allister]

RTA 1984 (drunk ran through a xroads at 10am. T boned me and shoved m 25mts down the road. dislodged 3 lumber - 2 cervical
Herniated L4/5 2001 had discectomy, disc re herniated 4 wks later. had aother discectomy and got scar damage on spinal cord.
"Walk" 25 ft max with stick, otherwise wheelchair.

RTA 1984 (drunk ran through a xroads at 10am. T boned me and shoved m 25mts down the road. dislodged 3 lumber - 2 cervical
Herniated L4/5 2001 had discectomy, disc re herniated 4 wks later. had aother discectomy and got scar damage on spinal cord.
"Walk" 25 ft max with stick, otherwise wheelchair.

[4estGimp]

An a attorney bought his 14 year old son a full sized pickup. The son then ran a stop sign, at night, with his headlights out. I T-boned him at 60-MPH.

This post has been edited by 4estGimp: 30 August 2009 - 06:07 AM

[E-DOG]

4estGimp, on Aug 29 2009, 11:05 PM, said:

An a attorney bought his 14 year old son a full sized pickup. The son then ran a stop sign, at night, with his headlights out. I T-boned him at 60-MPH.

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How much did you end up having to pay?

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allister, on Jul 10 2009, 12:06 AM, said:

RTA 1984 (drunk ran through a xroads at 10am. T boned me and shoved m 25mts down the road. dislodged 3 lumber - 2 cervical
Herniated L4/5 2001 had discectomy, disc re herniated 4 wks later. had aother discectomy and got scar damage on spinal cord.
"Walk" 25 ft max with stick, otherwise wheelchair.

RTA 1984 (drunk ran through a xroads at 10am. T boned me and shoved m 25mts down the road. dislodged 3 lumber - 2 cervical
Herniated L4/5 2001 had discectomy, disc re herniated 4 wks later. had aother discectomy and got scar damage on spinal cord.
"Walk" 25 ft max with stick, otherwise wheelchair.

Can you repeat that please?

[sarcak]

My accident does'nt in that choices, it was a tractor accident.

[Wicket]

Fall from 3 stories while climbing in my teenage years. Shattered vertebrae in lower back.

[pistol_pete]

Playing chicken with a falling, burning tree................tree won.
So I ticked the fall box.

[imfree]

i was shot in the back by some idiot, go figure i would have thought if i was going to get shot it would have been while in the marine corps

[Ratticis]

Combination of a fall and medical blunders. Fell in the shower and ruptured my bowel in two places. Transverse myalitis. Then they screwed around for 3 months with that pressure still on my spine until it killed the nerves completly

[davjed]

MVA....friend thought I was too drunk to drive so he took my keys. I was asleep in the back seat when he missed a curve and rolled us into the ditch. I was the only one hurt, he's now a congressman from North Alabama.

[rollingtrouble]

I got blown up in an APC in Iraq August 25, 2003, yep, thrown right through the drivers hatch, and broke my neck at C5,6 &7. I guess I'm lucky though, 3 of my good friends did not survive

[chickadee]

Fell in the shower while on vacation in Germany. The hotel sent me to an 'orthopedic doctor', who did an x-ray and told me it was a fractured tailbone. Went on with my vacation, and the pain, numbness, and plumbing issues got progressively worse. By the time I flew home (12 hour total travel time), I was barely walking. I somehow thought it would be a good idea to go to work the next day. After work, I was talked into urgent care. Was going to make an appt for an MRI 1 week out, but I asked if I could wait at the nearby hospital for an opening, as I couldn't miss work.

Got in the MRI machine, and one thing lead to another, and two hours later (an hour was spent in the waiting room, told not to go home, not knowing what was happening) I was on the operating table.

I had a burst disc at L4/L5, a badly bulging (and about to rupture) disc at L5/S1, and bone fragments from L4 to S2. So they fixed that all up. The swelling and screwed up stuff though went into L3 as well.

I'm really paring down the stupid crazy long saga (including a sidebar of customs thinking that because I was walking funny I must be smuggling something into the country), but there is a little portion of it.

[gtonwheels]

(USA) Football, made a head on tackle, C5&6

[allister]

jul 10 2009, 08:06 AM Post #101

Original post:

RTA 1984 (drunk ran through a xroads at 10am. T boned me and shoved m 25mts down the road. dislodged 3 lumber - 2 cervical
Herniated L4/5 2001 had discectomy, disc re herniated 4 wks later. had aother discectomy and got scar damage on spinal cord.
"Walk" 25 ft max with stick, otherwise wheelchair.

**************** update *****************


13th July 2009... Lost all below waist, bladder - bowel - and legs. At home but awaiting referal to spinal unit at sheffield , appt is 10th nov. They maintain its not a fresh injury and I don't meet their criteria ! ! ! balls!!

This post has been edited by allister: 18 October 2009 - 01:33 AM

[Mac na Ceardadh]

Hullo, I thought to introduce myself to the site by answering this poll. I was not injured in an auto accident, but that was the closest to what got me hurt.
I turned a somersault with a forklift. This accident was caused by faulty equipment and made possible by a drunk driver at my work.
It's no so bad, being a paraplegic, most that do as I did die.

[DannyR]

Had ruptured discs misdiagnosed by my doctor went for a carpal tunnel test because I was losing the use of my hands. My wife had to wheel me into the hospital for the test . The Doctor doing the test noticed the bruises I had from falling and looked up my MRI admitted me. I had to wait 5 days for surgery because of meds I was already taking but the damage was already done. Removed discs between C-5 and C-6 and C-6 and C-7. Walking quad. I really need to let e-dog tell my story I would probably enjoy it a lot more lol!

[mk78]

I slipped and fell while hiking up a very narrow path on the side of a small cliff, about 20 to 25ft. Luckily I had a few people with me and they got me help faily quick. I was conscience the whole time but its a bit fuzzy obviously. I do remember being pretty calm and not to concerned that I couldn't feel anything. Shock I assume, it took a few days in the hospital to really grasp what happened and how serious it was. Never being able to walk again as a t11-12 complete...I can honestly say I am still not comfortable with myself and my "new" body. But I see a lot of people on here are great so far and I'm sure it gets better

[Cathelena]

Another car accident. Car skidded on ice, flipped over and hit a tree

[gimpguy]

Speed kills but it is so much fun....