Opinions strongly requested on this case

vHello coolguy

It’s difficult to say whether your family member will regain the use of her legs. C7 injuries are able to move most of the digits of their hands, with the exception of their little fingers. It is strange that the bladder works and yet she can’t walk. Does the bladder muscle contract to empty and then the sphincter muscle close to prevent leakage? The problem with spinal injury is that no two injuries are the same. People can suffer damage to various spinal cord nerves that control specific parts of their bodies, so I suppose it’s theoretically possible to gain function in one part but not another. It doesn’t have to be logical. There is no logic to it. Good luck to her and I hope she continues to improve.

What Mike said. Impossible to predict as there is too much variety in outcomes. If she cannot yet move her legs at all she may never get further than a poor performance with a walker. Does not matter. The most important thing right no is to focus on hand and arm us. A person can be completely independent if their hands work. Legs? Ask for E-stim a some point and do so from time to time. Electrical stimulation is a proven way of activating muscles with jus a wee bit of nerve enervation. If there is no enervation it is still good for the health.

I'm a C5/6 walker and agree with all above replies. I also bend forward to empty my bladder because my push isnt that strong. There's no rhyme nor reason to who can walk again and who cannot, it all depends on which pathways were damaged in the spinal cord and that can also take time to find out. 3 months is early days

No, tarabev. You don’t understand at all. My condition is completely different from yours. Nothing that you have suggested has anything to do with the condition I’ve described myself as having. My post was in response to coolguy223 ‘s request for any information that might give him insight into his relative’s prognosis.

Please include me as one of those who say that three months is far too early to tell what will happen. A very good friend of mine was injured in a flying accident and became T12 incomplete. He has worked very hard ever since being injured, and continues to work hard today, even five years later. Recently he told me that it was his fourth year in which he made the most progress! He can now walk unassisted for the length of a football field, even if much of the time he uses lower arm braces to help him. He credits much of his early progress with intensive use of FES bikes. Many rehab facilities these days also use FES off the bike to help clients stand, lie down and raise their legs, and do other exercises. All of which is to say the following: don't give up hope, just work really hard and concentrate on getting strong and healthy.

tarabev, I had already described my condition.

Sept 29, 2018 8:50:10 GMT -8 vintage said:

I can urinate by leaning forward. I do this to void. However, I have incontinence, so I always leak and I always wear diapers. My injury was four years ago. Nothing has changed.

tarabev, in the post you refer to, I hadn’t asked for help. You have described your urinary issues. Mine are completely different from yours.