Walking paraplegics?

I'm not. 100% sure either kisch5, I presume I am, as I can walk a bit with the aid of a walking frame and parallel bars. I can not walk unaided at all.

Paraplegia is an impairment in motor or sensory function of the lower extremities. It is usually the result of spinal cord injury or a congenital condition such as spina bifida which affects the neural elements of the spinal canal.

The area of the spinal canal which is affected in paraplegia is either the thoracic, lumbar, or sacral regions. If the arms are also affected by paralysis, quadriplegia is the proper terminology. If only one limb is affected the correct term is monoplegia.

While some people with paraplegia can walk to a degree, many are dependent on wheelchairs or other supportive measures. Impotence and various degrees of urinary and fecal incontinence are very common in those affected.

Many use catheters or a bowel management program (often involving suppositories, enemas, or digital stimulation of the bowels) to address these problems.

With successful bladder and bowel management, paraplegics can prevent virtually all accidental urinary or bowel discharges.

I have also always referred to myself as a walking paraplegic but then a neurosurgeon corrected me and said although it is often referred to in this way..it isnt really correct. He explained that paraplegia cannot be incomplete because it is paralysis...

So he explained it how i have in my post earlier but to be honest im of the opinion as you DJ..i think paraplegia can be incomplete

Lαrα of course one can be an incomplete paraplegic, I have no idea what your surgeon is on about! Maybe you misunderstood him?