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KAFO training video

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So. I have made this little video about my progress on walking with the KAFOs. .   Donations to my fund

The pack

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I guess I have always been a lone wolf . Keeping to myself and keeping to folks and things I know. Hell, in some scores I guess I would be an introvert. But I learned the rules of the pack - I learned how to fit in, while being different, I learned to make them accept my difference as something cool and respect me for it. I guess in a way I got good at copying the things I thought would bring me success – in relations, in life and in being a better version of myself. And I read a lot and I studied – whatever caught my interest, I always tried to find out more about it. So, I was a lone wolf, but I knew how to be part of the pack whenever I felt like it. I liked the idea of being alone by choice and I found it hard to understand people who feared being alone. Then I realised that there is potential . Not really sure if I really ever realised it, or it was just the people around me telling me this quite often. This is the age between 13 and 30. If you are good in something and someone...

Technicalities

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Just to bring everyone up to pace, I have decided to share some technical information about my situation. Some of the “cans” and “can´ts”. Also... if there is a private medical institution out there looking for a trial material for some new fantastic solution to cure spinal cord injury, let me know.    (But before I do that, I would really like to thank You for all the positive feedback and encouraging words -this really made not only my day, but my entire week. So…I will keep on blogging. Also, I am super grateful for the donations I already have received to my fund – every little helps!) So...  I found out at the hospital, that what I have, is called spinal cord injury or SCI . Also a very correct way to describe this is paraplegic . Wikipedia tells us the following: " Paraplegia  is an impairment in motor or sensory function of the lower extremities. The word comes from  Ionic Greek : παραπληγίη "half-striking". It is usually caused by  s...