[LizzyTish65]

My daughters injury happened on April 14,2008 she is a c-5 complete quad. She also lost her right arm. This was a mva involving an ambulance she was in the passengers seat of the ambulance working as an EMT

[roxy]

Cheshire, on Oct 11 2007, 04:26 PM, said:

I'm curious....

Sept 15, 07 Accident on an ATV.

[sits2much]

very interesting, I was just gonna vote then I saw the poll, the most frequent month of injury was September but August was second and well fell of the roof in August and was injured then, It looks like the months when people are the most active outside are the months we are seeing the highest percentages from!!

[daisy3370]

My hubby Mark's was May 13, 08 at 5:29 am. He was on his way to work

[Scribbler]

April 15th just like Ches but mine was 50 years earlier.

Mike

[evilmac64]

feb 2 08 10am car wreck hurt bad and still does

[gustifer]

Looks like September is the month to watch out for. You know the song "Wake Me Up When September Ends" by Greenday? I like that song. Mine was September 15th, btw. The song I've listened to all through rehab and on that day every year is "Under the Bridge" by The Chilli Peppers.

Food for thought, most likely meaningless but kind of wierd/cool/freaky/mind boggling/whatever... During one of those "sleepless through the night" episodes, when the mind goes whack n makes you do n think of stuff that belongs in dreams, I decided to try to figure out by what date I would have lived exactly, to the day & taking in account for leap years, half my life able bodied and half disabled. That date turned out to be 12-21-2012. Anyone fimilar with or who's heard of the ancient Mayan, Aztec, and Egyptian calanders will get it. Just kind of caught me by suprise. I dunno. Just something to throw at you. Makes me wonder sometimes. Whetever! Anyways....

(incase you don't know, I have a wierd, wandering, wonderous working mind...X 2 + SCI = Gemini Gone Awry!)

[kate42]

November 22, 2004; car accident (I wasn't driving, obviously, as I was 12 at the time), I'm a T-10 complete para.

[Kwag_Myers]

gustifer, on Aug 6 2008, 02:03 PM, said:

...I decided to try to figure out by what date I would have lived exactly, to the day & taking in account for leap years, half my life able bodied and half disabled...

I'd have to live to be 98. I'm not sure I want to make that milestone.

[t-diddy]

Feb 10 2008 Surfing at Waimea Bay

[Murray]

Oct 7, 08 - at the end of a 30-ft fall one morning when I shouldn't have been on the job ... duh.

This post has been edited by Murray: 30 August 2008 - 01:58 AM

[Travelling Blackbird]

Is it okay to add my answer to the poll if the injury is not a spinal injury? I don't want to screw up the stats. I'm in a wheelchair due to a head injury rather than a spinal injury.

I didn't click on the poll, just in case!

It was July for me.

[Murray]

Travelling Blackbird, on Aug 31 2008, 01:46 PM, said:

Is it okay to add my answer to the poll if the injury is not a spinal injury? I don't want to screw up the stats. I'm in a wheelchair due to a head injury rather than a spinal injury.

I didn't click on the poll, just in case!

It was July for me.

It's OK. We won't tell Simon. He's cool about stuff anyway.

I screwed up on my post. Put down Oct 7, 08 - neat trick, huh? It was 04. (Gotta quit smokin' that stuff>)

[StillFingers]

May 7, 1978 - body surfing

[JaredTheQuad]

June 25, 2005 Dove into the ocean hit a sandbar.

[Travelling Blackbird]

Murray, on Sep 4 2008, 01:47 AM, said:

Travelling Blackbird, on Aug 31 2008, 01:46 PM, said:

Is it okay to add my answer to the poll if the injury is not a spinal injury? I don't want to screw up the stats. I'm in a wheelchair due to a head injury rather than a spinal injury.

I didn't click on the poll, just in case!

It was July for me.

It's OK. We won't tell Simon. He's cool about stuff anyway.

I screwed up on my post. Put down Oct 7, 08 - neat trick, huh? It was 04. (Gotta quit smokin' that stuff>)

Thanks for the clarification. Now that I voted, I can see the spread. Does anyone know their stats? Is there a statistically significantly worse month? Or is it all within the norm. September looks like a good month to stay in bed...

Although the incident that caused my head injury was in July, it's always late September and early October when I have my darkest days thinking about it.

[Trinity]

According to this July is the most common month, doesn't quite fit in with the stats seen here though. Plus this is for America, I couldn't find stats for the UK but it's quite interesting anyway!

[C Herod]

My husband car accident / Jan. 10, 2007.

[Picnic]

Oct 30th 1979. a birth injury

[Travelling Blackbird]

trinity, on Oct 6 2008, 07:14 PM, said:

According to this July is the most common month, doesn't quite fit in with the stats seen here though. Plus this is for America, I couldn't find stats for the UK but it's quite interesting anyway!

To be thorough, it'd need to be not just which month is the commonest, but what injury tends to happen in what month: is July the most common in the US because of more holiday accidents like diving and drunk driving (I saw more DUI in the US than in any other country I've lived in), but for example, falls in the home are more common in winter months?

[JesseB]

augest 30th '08. walked off a cliff, more info on my page...

[FROG]

October 29,2002. t-10 complete. It is interesting in the stats above that 4 of the 10 most popular days are in October with 4 popular days between October 20 and November 1. And to think I contributed to the popularity of that 12 days!!!

[Abdifatah28]

20th of march 2005

[twisted_ophelia]

January 29, 1998
Car accident but it wasn't caused by bad weather or anything. It was a drunk dude who ran a red light and t boned me.

[Santa Cruz Soul Surfer (LRO)]

July 23, 2006
Skateboarding accident, Boneless 360 gone bad, I crashed into the ground backwards at about 30mph.

[Bevan-L]

28 Sept 2008
Gust of wind blew my motorcycle off the road, hit an embankment at 90km/h sending me into the air like a rag doll for 80 odd metres b4 coming to a rest.

[DavesMom]

My son David was in a car accident June 4, 2008.

[tspence]

April 24,2007 in a single pickup accident,rolled over and tossed out

[Doodle]

August 2005 for me!

[Yasko]

July 30th, 1994 (7.9mm sniper bullet)