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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...

Pain will make you stronger...

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That’s what they say. Well, I suffered some pain. I knew some pain before that, in my life. I even stayed for 7 years in the Navy to fight pain and stand up for aggression. But I never got that much hurt though. I got scratches and bruises in my trainings and practice. But I was always strong and fast and smart to avoid too much pain and injury. So I suppose those little amounts of pain, did make me stronger or maybe scared me to experience too much of it. However, I never said it, but I was quite convinced, that I was pretty much unbreakable. I never had a big fracture in my body. Apart from some little bumps on my ribs and yaws while sparring and fighting. So, I was cut in half, being separated from a crucial part of my physical self in the matter of minutes. Not because I was fighting or training or saving someone or even doing something stupid, but because of stepping in the wrong direction in the dark. The pain really hit me. I broke my back and smashed my head after 7 me...