If your spine was severed at t9 t10 so you could no longer walk even after a lamenectome (Serious spinal surgery) and you faced the rest of your life in a state, welfare, nursing home, what would you do?

by Tee Quake Posted 2012/07/18 22:53:28

Related Topics: State, Death, Work, Home, Chair, Surgery, What Would You Do

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That's what happened to me I managed to learn how to walk again (although my doctors aid I never would) and after 5 years I left the nursing home in a manual wheel chair and got married, write for work and help other paraplegics when I can

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GeorgeAMartini 2012/07/20 08:48:56

None of the above

I'd do something productive with my life anyway. Not being able to walk does not mean your life is over. It would completely suck, don't get me wrong, but look at FDR. He became President without the ability to walk. I just now saw your blurb. That is great news! Good for you!

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tristarr 2012/07/19 04:40:23

I'd commit suicide

i am not a strong enough person to withstand such conditions..i'd take a handful of pills and say goodnight,alice.

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GeorgiaGirl 2012/07/19 03:46:03

Undecided

I am always in complete awe when hearing of anyone turning a tragedy into a such a positive. I can't say how I would be, but I would hope I could be as strong and move forward.

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TruBluTopaz 2012/07/19 02:47:57

None of the above

I'm kind of a fighter, although if you met me in person you would never know it.

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ParkMan 2012/07/19 01:18:18

None of the above

I'd adjust and learn to live with my new reality.

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rocat 2012/07/18 23:06:45

None of the above

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my son was born with t12 spina bifida-

no surgery can correct this-

he is 22 now-
an example to us all-

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Changeling 2012/07/18 23:03:45

Undecided

+1
That is awesome. I am happy you had the will to walk

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Cognito22 2012/07/18 23:01:11

None of the above

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The pastor of this church is in a wheelchair.
I liked listening to his on-line sermons (Sermon Audio) and listened to them for months before I found out he was in a wheelchair.
His sermons are awesome.

http://www.standrewspca.org/

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Live Free Or Die 2012/07/18 22:57:29

Undecided

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I'd try to go on for the people that need me, I'd try to beat it, I'd try to walk again. If all else failed, I don't know what I would do. It's easy to say I'd be strong, but it's always easier to say what one would do until they're actually in that situation.

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NarcolepticGoat 2012/07/18 22:55:29

Undecided

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I'd call you on the phone and say: "Tell me how you did it, please?"

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