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Its been 1 year sence my injury L1 burst and i have neurogenic bowel and bladder , had a terrible fall at work , ive been told different things as to weather i will ever retain my functions again , will or can nerves recover and bring back functions ? i had a 3rd surgery because I have left side nerve pain with bottom of left foot numb although it did bring some relief the nerve pain still happens just not as frequent , my wife is my caregiver bless her heart , the hardest thing I have ever faced in my life this is a true test , my wife manually extracts my bowels and I have to catheter , i have to be thankful because I know it could even be worse , i am walking and working out and if you were to see me on the street you would never know i have any problems , just looking to learn and vent

 

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Hi Jimmy,

In early 2013 I too had a fall following a blackout. I broke my neck at C4/5 leaving me paralysed from the chest down, little use of my hands, doubly incontinent and in constant discomfort from spasms. I spent 7 months in a specialist spinal injuries hospital where no treatment was offered for my injury and nothing was achieved. While there I noticed that nerves did begin to recover for some patients. Those with more experience of the hospital than me estimated this recovery at 20-25% of patients.
I too have a catheter and bowel evacuations. I have experienced no recovery at all but I hope you will be one of the lucky 20-25%.
Good luck, Barry.

 

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Thank you for sharing , I hope we both can experience some recovery I will continue to hold on to hope I will say a prayer for you Barry

 

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Thank you Jimmy, Barry