Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!yale!bunker!hcap!hnews!261!1000!Alan.Hess From: Alan.Hess@f1000.n261.z1.fidonet.org (Alan Hess) Newsgroups: misc.handicap Subject: Re: SPASMS Message-ID: <18948@bunker.isc-br.com> Date: 23 Apr 91 20:34:41 GMT Sender: wtm@bunker.isc-br.com Reply-To: Alan.Hess@f1000.n261.z1.fidonet.org Organization: FidoNet node 1:261/1000 - Nerve Center, Pikesville MD Lines: 23 Approved: wtm@bunker.hcap.fidonet.org Index Number: 15125 [This is from the Spinal Injury Conference] In a message of Joe Chamberlain (1:150/140@fidonet) writes to Anton Johnson: JC> A broken neck is a broken neck. I have known people with JC> cord injuries resultant from gunshot, sking, swimming, motor JC> vehicles, rodeo, alcohol, mini-bikes, skateboards, wrestling, and JC> horseback riding. JC> The bottom line is that they all were equal in a JC> wheelchair. In surgery, the surgeon only sees the damaged cord, JC> not the face of the victim. The blood is red, the babinski is JC> negative, and colnus is absent. And any post-injury pain below the level of injury is "all in your head", and any dream of a future cure is unrealistic. *adh* -- Uucp: ..!{decvax,oliveb}!bunker!hcap!hnews!261!1000!Alan.Hess Internet: Alan.Hess@f1000.n261.z1.fidonet.org