Did any of you fellow Brits see the channel 4 prog. a couple of days ago about spinal cord repair hopes?
I don't know how relevant it is to bpi, but it was very interesting anyway...here's the link..
http://www.channel4.com/news/cgi-bin/se ... tory05.htm
(bit of a long URL!) There is a link on the page to the video clip that was broadcast...well worth watching, but takes a while to download...
Liz B
Channel 4 programme..(U.K.)
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- Injury Description, Date, extent, surgical intervention etc: January 1980 Yamaha RD200 vs 16 wheeler truck, result, 1 totally paralysed right arm. I was 21, now 54. I had no surgery, I don't regret this. Decided to totally ignore limitations (easily done aged 21) adapted very quickly to one handed life, got married, had 3 kids, worked- the effect of the injury on my life (once the pain stopped being constant) was minimal and now, aged 54, I very rarely even think of it, unless I bash it or it gets cold, then I wish I'd had it amputated :) Except for a steering knob on my car, I have no adaptations to help with life, mainly because I honestly don't think of myself as disabled and the only thing I can't do is peel potatoes, which is definitely a good thing.
Re: Channel 4 programme..(U.K.)
interesting stuff liz, i'll expect to see the prog down here in a year or so! I was also reading that Carlstedt has now reimplanted bp nerves into the spinal cord on several adults and a couple of obpi babies, with varying results. Early days yet. Its great that pioneers are continuing to look for better repair methods, the current repairs and grafts have been the only way of treating these injuries for over 100 years now, time for some new methods i reckon!