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It's funny I suppose, but last night I was laying in bed and I suddenly realised that I have forgotten what it's like to walk. I was 53 when I had my injury and I'm now about 8 months into it and I forgot what walking is like. Very strange. I hope someone out there understands the feeling I'm having.

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Butiki, I can relate to you completely! I remember when I was at rehab 4 months after my injury, I went to stand up (accidentally) just to realize that I can't. Now a days, when I see people standing and walking I'm always thinking "wow, how do they do that so easily?!" forgetting that I was even able to walk. I hope that one day we'll all get to experience the joy of walking, but until then, it'll just be our fantasy unfortunately.

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Butiki....i can totally relate with how you feel. After i became SCI'd i would look at other people walking and think to myself..'how do they walk so easily' and the dreams i had.. ...i had a re-occuring dream...i would be walking home and realise that i was walking and then start to run so I could run go tell all my family quick that i was ok now.....then i'd wake up and see my chair by my bed

Very fortunate for me that i learnt to walk last year with the aid of two crutches.....walking isn't normal still and never will be..its hard work and practiced....and not really natural....but thank God I have some upright mobility....and im grateful for it

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DJ Administrator STAFF Posts: 8,162 Post Likes Received: 2,829 Date Joined: July 2013 Injury: C6 - ASIA B Date Injured: June 2011 Member is: Offline Send PM	Forgot Aug 3, 2013 6:03:58 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by DJ on Aug 3, 2013 6:03:58 GMT -8 Lαrα, we posted our replies at the same time. It's interesting how much similarities there are in our posts!
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bensan Junior Member Posts: 69 Post Likes Received: 40 Date Joined: July 2013 Injury: L4/L5 CES Date Injured: 7/28/2007 Member is: Offline Send PM	Forgot Aug 3, 2013 7:27:23 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by bensan on Aug 3, 2013 7:27:23 GMT -8 Good day friends. It is funny how we dream about what it would be like to walk again. I guess the subconscious part of the braid does not know what the life time part is doing. I always dream about playing baseball, or hiking around in the woods.

Deleted Posts: 0 Reputation: 0 Likes Date Joined: January 1970 Member is: Offline Send PM	Forgot Aug 3, 2013 9:00:12 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2013 9:00:12 GMT -8 bensan.....are they good dreams? Do you wake feeling down?.....i must admit that i now don't have those dreams...My dreams are often vivid and wierd so now its kinda odd dreams im having..just as I did before lol

DJ Administrator STAFF Posts: 8,162 Post Likes Received: 2,829 Date Joined: July 2013 Injury: C6 - ASIA B Date Injured: June 2011 Member is: Offline Send PM	Forgot Aug 3, 2013 11:26:42 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by DJ on Aug 3, 2013 11:26:42 GMT -8 bensan, when I was early in my injury I'd always dream of walking but as time goes by I'm noticing I don't dream about it much, or at all.

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It is usually good dreams. Weird thing is they also include old fiends that have died. Sometimes my parents are there. Maybe it's my brain remembering the good times so I don't get depressed. God knows I get depressed during the day when I'm awake. It is hard to not be able to do things the way I used to and having to think about how to move something while sitting in a wheel chair. Yesterday I had to pull some weeds along the front walk. Sitting in my chair and leaning over I was thinking how easy this job would have been years ago

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Aug 3, 2013 5:13:58 GMT -8 Butiki said:

It's funny I suppose, but last night I was laying in bed and I suddenly realised that I have forgotten what it's like to walk. I was 53 when I had my injury and I'm now about 8 months into it and I forgot what walking is like. Very strange. I hope someone out there understands the feeling I'm having.

Butiki,

Wait until 46 years post! All my past memory of sensations are long gone. After about 10 years, I never even thought about it anymore. A few days ago someone asked me what date I was injured and I felt goofy because that date was etched in my mind for many years. I was finally able to remember it and was surprised at how insignificant that date really is to me now.

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Oct 13, 2013 23:10:09 GMT -8 Knight said:

I cracked myself up about something similar the other day. My friend stubbed her toe and was whining about it. I asked her why she was being such a baby, it doesn't hurt. Then I remembered it's not "normal" to NOT feel your feet.

Haha forgot about what it felt like to feel already eh Knight

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