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[snol]

Hi,

just curious to know if there is many spinal cord injured people from the UK on this site.

Look forward hearing from some people, if you're from the UK, give us a shout!

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Area Keywords: England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Mann, Channel Islands

England - Spinal Cord Injury and Spinal Injuries

Bedfordshire (Bedford, Luton, Dunstable, Leighton Buzzard, Biggleswade, Sandy)
Berkshire (Reading, Bracknell, Maidenhead, Newbury, Windsor, Wokingham, Abingdon)
Buckinghamshire (Aylesbury, Milton Keynes, Slough, Buckingham, High Wycombe)
Cambridgeshire (Cambridge, Wisbech, Ely, March, Whittlesey, Chatteris, Linton)
Cheshire (Chester, Stockport, Ellesmere Port, Birkenhead, Wallasey, Runcorn, Macclesfield, Crewe)
Cornwall (Bodmin, Truro, Camborne, Redruth, St. Austell, Falmouth, Penzance, Newquay)
Cumberland (Carlisle, Whitehaven, Workington, Penrith, Keswick, Brampton)
Derbyshire (Derby, Chesterfield, Ilkeston, Swadlincote, Buxton, Matlock, Ashbourne)
Devon (Exeter, Plymouth, Torquay, Paignton, Barnstaple, Tiverton, Newton Abbot, Tavistock)
Dorset (Dorchester, Poole, Weymouth, Sherborne, Wimborne Minster, Shaftesbury)
Durham (Durham, Sunderland, Stockton-on-Tees, Darlington, Hartlepool, Gateshead, Washington)
Essex (Chelmsford, Basildon, Romford, Southend, Colchester, Harlow, Brentwood, West Ham)
Gloucestershire (Gloucester, Bristol, Cheltenham, Stroud, Cirencester, Tewkesbury)
Hampshire (Winchester, Southampton, Portsmouth, Bournemouth, Basingstoke, Newport)
Herefordshire (Hereford, Ross-on-Wye, Leominster, Ledbury, Bromyard, Kington)
Hertfordshire (Hertford, Watford, St. Albans, Hemel Hempstead, Stevenage, Hatfield)
Huntingdonshire (Huntingdon, St. Ives, St. Neots, Ramsey, Yaxley)
Kent (Maidstone, Canterbury, Bromley, Rochester, Margate, Folkestone, Dover, Greenwich)
Lancashire (Lancaster, Liverpool, Manchester, Preston, Bolton, Warrington, Barrow-in-Furness)
Leicestershire (Leicester, Loughborough, Hinckley, Melton Mowbray, Coalville, Lutterworth)
Lincolnshire (Lincoln, Grimsby, S****horpe, Boston, Grantham, Stamford, Skegness, Louth)
Middlesex (City of London, Harrow, Enfield, Staines, Ealing, Potters Bar, Westminster )
Norfolk (Norwich, Great Yarmouth, King's Lynn, Dereham, Cromer, Hunstanton)
Northamptonshire (Northampton, Peterborough, Corby, Kettering, Wellingborough)
Northumberland (Alnwick, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Morpeth, Hexham, Berwick-upon-Tweed)
Nottinghamshire (Nottingham, Mansfield, Worksop, Newark, Retford, Southwell)
Oxfordshire (Oxford, Banbury, Witney, Bicester, Henley-on-Thames, Carterton, Thame)
Rutland (Oakham, Uppingham. Cottesmore)
Shropshire (Shrewsbury, Telford, Oswestry, Bridgnorth, Whitchurch, Market Drayton, Ludlow)
Somerset (Taunton, Bath, Weston-super-Mare, Yeovil, Bridgwater, Wells, Glastonbury)
Staffordshire (Stafford, Stoke-on-Trent, Wolverhampton, Walsall, Cannock, Lichfield)
Suffolk (Ipswich, Bury St. Edmunds, Lowestoft, Felixstowe, Sudbury, Haverhill, Bungay)
Surrey (Guildford, Croydon, Woking, Sutton, Kingston-on-Thames, Wandsworth, Wimbledon, Brixton)
Sussex (Chichester, Brighton, Worthing, Crawley, Hastings, Eastbourne, Bognor Regis, Horsham)
Warwickshire (Warwick, Birmingham, Coventry, Nuneaton, Rugby, Solihull, Stratford-upon-Avon)
Westmorland (Appleby, Kendal, Windermere, Ambleside, Kirkby Lonsdale)
Wiltshire (Trowbridge, Salisbury, Swindon, Chippenham, Devizes, Marlborough, Warminster)
Worcestershire (Worcester, Dudley, Kidderminster, Stourbridge, Halesowen, Malvern, Evesham)
Yorkshire
North Riding (Northallerton, Middlesbrough, Scarborough, Whitby)
East Riding (Beverley, Hull, Bridlington, Driffield, Hornsea, Filey)
West Riding (Wakefield, Leeds, Sheffield, Bradford, Halifax, Harrogate)
York (within the Walls)

Wales (including Monmouthshire) - Spinal Cord Injury and Spinal Injuries

Anglesey/Sir Fon (Beaumaris, Holyhead, Llangefni, Amlwch, Menai Bridge)
Brecknockshire/Sir Frycheiniog (Brecon, Builth Wells, Hay-on-Wye, Talgarth, Llanwrtwd Wells)
Caernarfonshire/Sir Gaernarfon (Caernarfon, Bangor, Llandudno, Conwy, Pwllheli, Porthmadog)
Carmarthenshire/Sir Gaerfyrddin (Carmarthen, Llanelli, Ammanford, Llandovery, Kidwelly, St. Clears)
Cardiganshire/Ceredigion (Cardigan, Aberystwyth, Lampeter, New Quay, Tregaron)
Denbighshire/Sir Ddinbych (Denbigh, Wrexham, Ruthin, Abergele, Llangollen)
Flintshire/Sir Fflint (Mold, Flint, Rhyl, Prestatyn, Connah's Quay, Holywell, Buckley, St. Asaph)
Glamorgan/Morgannwg (Cardiff, Swansea, Merthyr Tydfil, Barry, Caerphilly, Bridgend, Neath, Pontypridd)
Merioneth/Meirionnydd (Dolgellau, Bala, Tywyn, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Barmouth, Harlech)
Monmouthshire/Sir Fynwy (Monmouth, Newport, Blackwood, Cwmbran, Abergavenny, Chepstow, Tredegar)
Montgomeryshire/Sir Drefaldwyn (Montgomery, Newtown, Welshpool, Machynlleth, Llanidloes)
Pembrokeshire/Sir Benfro (Pembroke, Milford Haven, Haverfordwest, Fishguard, Tenby, St. David's)
Radnorshire/Sir Faesyfed (Presteigne, Llandrindod Wells, Knighton, Rhayader, New Radnor)

Scotland - Spinal Cord Injury and Spinal Injuries

Aberdeenshire (Aberdeen, Peterhead, Fraserburgh, Inverurie, Huntley, Ellon, Turriff)
Angus/Forfarshire (Forfar, Dundee, Arbroath, Brechin, Montrose, Carnoustie, Kirriemuir)
Argyllshire (Inveraray, Oban, Dunoon, Campbeltown, Lochgilphead, Tobermory)
Ayrshire (Ayr, Kilmarnock, Irvine, Saltcoats, Kilwinning, Largs, Troon, Cumnock)
Banffshire (Banff, Buckie, Keith, Macduff, Portsoy, Dufftown)
Berwickshire (Greenlaw, Duns, Eyemouth, Lauder, Coldstream)
Buteshire (Rothesay, Millport, Brodick, Lochranza)
Cromartyshire (Cromarty, Ullapool)
Caithness (Wick, Thurso, Halkirk, Castletown)
Clackmannanshire (Clackmannan, Alloa, Tillicoultry, Tullibody)
Dumfriesshire (Dumfries, Annan, Lockerbie, Moffat, Sanquhar, Langholm, Gretna)
Dunbartonshire/Dumbartonshire (Dumbarton, Clydebank, Cumbernauld, Helensburgh, Alexandria, Kirkintilloch)
East Lothian/Haddingtonshire (Haddington, North Berwick, Dunbar, Tranent, East Linton)
Fife (Cupar, Dunfermline, Glenrothes, Kirkcaldy, St. Andrews, Cowdenbeath, Burntisland)
Inverness-shire (Inverness, Fort William, Kingussie, Newtonmore, Portree)
Kincardineshire (Stonehaven, Banchory, Laurencekirk, Inverbervie)
Kinross-shire (Kinross, Milnathort)
Kirkcudbrightshire (Kircudbright, Castle Douglas, Dalbeattie, New Galloway)
Lanarkshire (Lanark, Glasgow, East Kilbride, Hamilton, Motherwell, Coatbridge, Carluke)
Midlothian/Edinburghshire (Edinburgh, Musselburgh, Penicuik, Dalkeith, Bonnyrigg)
Morayshire (Elgin, Forres, Rothes, Lossiemouth, Fochabers)
Nairnshire (Nairn, Auldearn, Cawdor, Ferness)
Orkney (Kirkwall, Sromness, Balfour)
Peeblesshire (Peebles, Innerleithen, West Linton)
Perthshire (Perth, Crieff, Pitlochry, Callander, Blairgowrie, Rattray, Coupar Angus, Kincardine)
Renfrewshire (Renfrew, Paisley, Greenock, Johnstone, Port Glasgow, Barrhead, Kilmalcolm)
Ross-shire (Dingwall, Stornaway, Tain, Alness, Invergorden)
Roxburghshire (Jedburgh, Hawick, Kelso, Melrose, Roxburgh)
Selkirkshire (Selkirk, Clovenfords, Galashiels)
Shetland (Lerwick, Scalloway, Baltasound)
Stirlingshire (Stirling, Falkirk, Grangemouth, Kilsyth, Bridge of Allan, Denny, Alva)
Sutherland (Dornoch, Helmsdale, Brora, Golspie, Lairg, Durness, Tongue)
West Lothian/Linlithgowshire (Linlithgow, Livingston, Bo'ness, Broxburn, Whitburn, Armadale, Bathgate)
Wigtownshire (Wigtown, Stranraer, Newton Stewart, Whithorn)

Northern Ireland - Spinal Cord Injury and Spinal Injuries

Antrim
Armagh
Derry/Londonderry
Down
Fermanagh
Tyrone


Spinal Cord Injury and Spinal Injuries

[kewlcatkez]

Hello,

Nice to meet you. yes there are a fair few (me included). The admin (apparelyzed is his handle, AKA Simon) is from the UK too. This is an international site, but has lots of Brits too, one or two from N/Ireland.. (some who are in other parts of the world..etc).

Just for introduction purposes, I am paralysed (chair user for around about 3 years) and have severe dislocating EDS ( means I dislocated multiple joints, multiple times daily - which although were present before, were not every day..now they are as a result of hormonal influence, an accident and the fact that it usually progresses due to the trauma of the proceeding dislocations etc etc.- has gotten worse over last few years). I also have the other stuff which goes with all of this ( pain, POTS etc). I am a Mother to 2 beautiful children ( 5 and under) and wife to some bloke, lol...I am also a qualified RN who is no longer working in a clinical setting.


Hope you stick around,

take care,

K

[PsychoSimon]

Hi mate,
I'm Simon, 21 from telford England. There are a fair few UKer's on the site, but you will find a lot more from other places.

Stay safe

[ems]

Me

[missmoon25]

Hiya,

Im also from the uk

[Hannah0212]

Hi. I'm from the isle of man. Hannah

Edited by Hannah0212, 04 March 2008 - 09:13 PM.

[russ1]

[maureenbrazier]

Hi, from UK (midlands), my son has broken his neck C4 + C5, he is being transfered to Oswestry Hospital.

I just want to talk to other's as I haven't got a clue what's coming our way, Liam is 28 and was a passenger in a car accident.

If any body can give me advice I'd love to hear from youi

[firemaiden]

Hi Snol

I'm from Northern Ireland (Co Armagh) and my boyfriend is a T6 complete. I think this site is great - it's helped me so much. Whereabouts in NI are you?

[jules]

Me too, I'm from Gloucester

Jules
x

[Tinbasher]

Me too

I have a plan I am on the west coast of cumbria and Hannah is on the Isle of Man I could give her a wave and she could pass it to you In NI

Tin

[cate]

Hi I am also in the Uk Cambridgeshire. Mother of a daughter with C5/6 but is able to walk with crtuches
Cate

[snol]

Hi its great to see so many of you reply thanks. Very kind of you tinbasher, firemaiden im from co derry.

[SuperDaz]

Im from sunny Berkshire

[Hannah0212]

Hi. I'll happily pass on waves but with my sense of direction I can't promise that I'll be waving in the right direction. We went to the tip the other day (The fun days out we have!) and i was convinced i was looking at Ireland, my husband said it was the sticky out part of scotland i wouldnt believe him till he got the map out. Turned out he was right. Hannah

[PsychoSimon]

maureenbrazier, on Mar 5 2008, 09:50 AM, said:

Hi, from UK (midlands), my son has broken his neck C4 + C5, he is being transfered to Oswestry Hospital.

I just want to talk to other's as I haven't got a clue what's coming our way, Liam is 28 and was a passenger in a car accident.

If any body can give me advice I'd love to hear from youi

Hi,
I'm 21 and was in oswestry hospital. Absolutely fantastic place to be and they will answer absolutely any questions yu have without the bull. They tell it like it is, and even though it may be a bit unwanted at times, at least you know where you stand. I'm from telford by the way.
I wish you and your son all the best

[firemaiden]

Pleased to meet you Snol. Give us a shout anytime.

[Dennis65]

PsychoSimon, on Mar 3 2008, 04:39 PM, said:

Hi mate,
I'm Simon, 21 from telford England. There are a fair few UKer's on the site, but you will find a lot more from other places.

Stay safe

Dennis 65
Simon,
Glad your starting to walk.I am a (C-3 incomplete,6-4-05);was totally parlyzed,post road bike accident.I can walk for about (20min),kind of looks like I'm half in the wraper,working on it.I excersise,(can drive) everyday.The tone,pain,and burning are still constant;do you have any of these problems?I'm from,Boston,Mass. (USA).Good luck walking! Dennis65

[kewlcatkez]

Dennis65, on Mar 6 2008, 11:17 PM, said:

PsychoSimon, on Mar 3 2008, 04:39 PM, said:

Hi mate,
I'm Simon, 21 from telford England. There are a fair few UKer's on the site, but you will find a lot more from other places.

Stay safe

Dennis 65
Simon,
Glad your starting to walk.I am a (C-3 incomplete,6-4-05);was totally parlyzed,post road bike accident.I can walk for about (20min),kind of looks like I'm half in the wraper,working on it.I excersise,(can drive) everyday.The tone,pain,and burning are still constant;do you have any of these problems?I'm from,Boston,Mass. (USA).Good luck walking! Dennis65

Dennis65,

I keep seeing that you write that you can 'drive', and I am wondering. Do you mean you drive without handcontrols/adaptions?

Just wondeing, I like a lot of people drive, but use h/controls...

Oh and I am not Simon, but I have a lot of pain issues too, unfortunately, I wish you all the best in finding a 'cure' for that...pls share it with me when you do!

Sounds like you are doing fabulously, good luck on your continued recovery!

Take care,

K

Edited by kewlcatkez, 06 March 2008 - 11:22 PM.

[Jsec64]

Hi

Sunny (NOT) South Coast UK here

John

[gazrobsuk]

Dennis,

Your story is remarkably similar/familiar. Full story on my web.. (thought this was for UK folks)
Though I am in sunny Spain at the mo so not a cloud & maybe 25-26 outside in bright sunshine, tough but someone's gotta do it.

Quote

Simon,
Glad your starting to walk.I am a (C-3 incomplete,6-4-05);was totally parlyzed,post road bike accident.I can walk for about (20min),kind of looks like I'm half in the wraper,working on it.I excersise,(can drive) everyday.The tone,pain,and burning are still constant;do you have any of these problems?I'm from,Boston,Mass. (USA).Good luck walking! Dennis65

[Becca82]

snol, on Mar 1 2008, 10:36 PM, said:

Hi just curious to know if there is many sci people from the uk on the site.
Nearing my 3rd in the chair would like to make new friends from the site talk about things maybe meet up.
Anyway im male 26 from n.ireland look forward hearing from some people.

South East England.....Kent...Uk : )
Partner is C4/5 complete 26yrs old, im his f/t carer and general slave
swimming accident on 30th December 2003 in Australia...fun fun fun!

bx

[JohnD]

Hi

I am in Essex, coming up for 16years in a chair.

John

[Trinity]

Hi,
I'm from london, T8 complete, nearly at first anniversary not sure if i should celebrate or comiserate!
Trinity

[JT80]

hi everyone, new to forum
i'm from london too.
27 now, diving accident, was in stoke mandeville - mixed views...
quick plug for the O2 arena - went to my second concert there on saturday - the eagles, springsteen in december - and i've found it great. excellent venue, w/c facilities, acoustics etc. well worth a visit. standard two tickets for price of one.

[youwhat]

Thought I should add to this aswell James 21 from a place called Redditch near Birmingham. I was also at Oswestry as was said by someone in this thread it is an awesome place, lovely people there!

[silone74]

Hi i am from the UK east coast in bridlington next to the sea and its cold



Silone74

[miss piggy]

Hi
We are from Woking in Surrey

[turbotet]

snol, on Mar 1 2008, 11:36 PM, said:

Hi just curious to know if there is many sci people from the uk on the site.
Nearing my 3rd in the chair would like to make new friends from the site talk about things maybe meet up.
Anyway im male 26 from n.ireland look forward hearing from some people.

I'm a Lancashire-Lad, about 20 miles from Southport, 1 mile from Camelot Theme park.

[dancin' johnny]

Hello, I'm from Derby.