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Posted 3/23/2017 9:02 PM (GMT 0)
That is great news and a great sign I think.

Simon
Posted 3/23/2017 9:11 PM (GMT 0)
Way to go Mel!!! Bet you never though a simple piddle could be so great. It is simply marvelous to read you are showing some improvement. Inch by inch, foot by foot (or rather millimetre by millimetre, centimetre by centrimetre). keep on fighting.
Kind regards and best wishes,
Bill
Posted 3/23/2017 9:32 PM (GMT 0)
I haven't been here much but seems all is disturbing news. Jim and Mel. Mel, I have not been reading much lately but will be thinking of you.

Don
Posted 3/27/2017 1:51 AM (GMT 0)
Not much changed. Bladder seems OK. Still working on other stuff as hands and legs remain nonfunctional.

Mel
Posted 3/27/2017 2:11 AM (GMT 0)
Mel, we all love you and are rooting for you.
Posted 3/27/2017 2:15 AM (GMT 0)
You're in my thoughts and prayers, Mel. I wish I could do more. Stay positive.
Posted 3/27/2017 4:42 AM (GMT 0)
Mel,
It was lovely to have Cheryl posting and giving us updates, but I shed tears of joy to see your name at the end of the post. Big kiss to your DW for keeping us abreast of this current battle. We do so care about you brother, and we are all sending healing energy of every sort right your way.
Beth
Posted 3/27/2017 10:46 AM (GMT 0)
Mel,

It is so great to see your first post after the accident. It could not have been easy to write without the use of your hands but you did and I am so happy that you did.

I am glad your bladder is under your control again and I hope and wish from the bottom of my heart that you regain the use of your hands and legs. I know there is probably a heap of physical therapy you have to go through and this must be such an emotional and physical shock to you.

We are all here for you, your online community of friends.

Regards,
An
Posted 3/27/2017 3:38 PM (GMT 0)
Thank you so much for updating us. Mel, keep hanging in there and showing improvement!
Posted 3/27/2017 4:16 PM (GMT 0)
So good to hear!
I know it's hard work but you can do it. No doubt.
Posted 3/28/2017 1:43 AM (GMT 0)
c'mon Mel. you can do it man cool

ed
Posted 3/28/2017 2:27 PM (GMT 0)
Mel,
Obviously, you are working hard in PT. I called it "pain and torture". My ortho called the therapists "physical terrorists". It must be paying off. Wishing you a full recovery.
Beth
Posted 4/1/2017 6:44 PM (GMT 0)
Again, thanks.
Dealing with another bladder infection. Fortunately no catheters this time. Hands remain relatively useless. Still working on legs. Once in awhile I can stand. Currently in wheelchair. Mel
Posted 4/2/2017 1:54 AM (GMT 0)
Mel - I know it seems like not so much progress, but "Once in a while I can stand" sounds really great to me. From "nothing" to "Once in a while" makes a lot of difference. Stay with it and see what you can do. We're here cheering you on, brother!
Posted 4/2/2017 2:17 AM (GMT 0)
Mel, we miss you, I miss you. It's great to see you post. Hang tough.
Posted 4/2/2017 5:15 AM (GMT 0)
Hang in there Mel. Mandy and I are sending our love and positive thoughts your way
Posted 4/2/2017 11:49 AM (GMT 0)
Hi Mel,

I have been researching incomplete spinal injury when you got injured and found this website.
http://www.orthobullets.com/spine/2008/incomplete-spinal-cord-injuries

It describes a central cord syndrome with a situation like yours, hands not working, but your legs starting to.

Prognosis

good prognosis although full functional recovery rare
usually ambulatory at final follow up
usually regain bladder control
upper extremity and hand recovery is unpredictable and patients often have permanent clumsy hands

recovery occurs in typical pattern
lower extremity recovers first
bowel and bladder function next
proximal upper extremity next
hand function last to recover

If it is this that you do have then I hope with time you will get there and that your hands will recover fully.

Such situations are so unexpected and you must be still processing the shock of it all.

Wishing you and Cheryl the strength and courage to fight through this situation, both physically and emotionally.

Regards,
An
Posted 4/5/2017 9:29 PM (GMT 0)
Pullin' for ya, Mel. Glad there's improvement. Give it hell. wink
Posted 4/6/2017 3:06 AM (GMT 0)
It sounds like great progress (albeit excruciatingly slow where you're concerned, I'm sure). Sounds like the physical terrorism (LOL) is paying off and we are all hoping madly that will continue to be the case. All the very best to you Mel. We look forward to hearing about continued improvements by the day.
Posted 4/6/2017 3:32 AM (GMT 0)
Reminds me of the ww2 movie with John Wayne and Nancy Olsen...The duke...a Navy commander totally paralyzed from the neck down on his stomach on a gurney with a mirror so he could see his toe...I was a kid...to this day I still hear his mantra...in the fashion only he could duplicate..." Im gonna move that toe...Im gonna move that toe...Im gonna move that toe"...He did...he recovered completely...movie was based on a true story...wishing that on ya...Compiler
Posted 4/6/2017 4:00 AM (GMT 0)
Ok the movie starred The duke...Maureen O Hara{of course}...He played Navy aviator Frank{spig}Wead...who eventually became a noted screen writer...and ya know I researched it cause I sensed something was wrong...also felt the answer would have a connection with healingwell{ on me own mitthers grave}...The name of the movie was "The Wings of Eagles"...Ya can't make this stuff up...life is not about boundries... {Horror...what will aunt agatha say} but about connections.........

Nancy Olsen was in Big Jim Maclean with whozits...
Posted 4/6/2017 10:50 AM (GMT 0)
Mel - Keep it going - good to hear of improvement!

Bobby Mac
Posted 4/6/2017 12:34 PM (GMT 0)
"I'm gonna move that toe."

/www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeOJ9SFEIGY

(Seriously, Mel/Cheryl, maybe it would be helpful for you guys to watch a film like "Wings of Eagles," or others with a similar recovery theme, maybe good for morale, watching stories of others "making it back"? Apparently there are a number of such films around):

www.imdb.com/list/ls070450993/
Posted 4/6/2017 5:16 PM (GMT 0)
ThAnks.
This is the
first post I am actually typing.
Relearning the simplest of tasks.

Mel
Posted 4/6/2017 5:21 PM (GMT 0)
smile
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