We all know someone whose entire life has been affected by the loss of a spinal cord. We hear accounts of paralysis, loss of vision, and even loss of bowel and bladder control. Although spinal cord injuries are something we are aware of, we are often unaware of how much of our lives we are affected and how long it is before we are able to walk again. While it is a fact that spinal cord injuries can be fatal, it is important to remember that they can also be survivable.
Spinal cord injuries can result in death or paralysis. The best thing to do is to have a physical evaluation done by an experienced and qualified physician. If you are experiencing pain, numbness, or involuntary movements, you should be taken to the hospital. If you have paralysis, the paralysis is likely permanent.
There’s a lot of information about spinal cord injuries out there that is either wildly inaccurate or even dangerous. Even though spinal cord injuries are usually not fatal, they can be extremely debilitating. In my experience, paralysis can be permanent. You may be able to walk with a walker, but if you are paralyzed you should be taken to an emergency room.
My first trip to the ER was 15 years ago, and it was terrifying. The doctor that I saw was extremely knowledgeable and very knowledgeable about spinal cord injuries. He was able to tell me exactly what the paralysis was and exactly what the paralysis felt like. He was able to determine that the paralysis was likely permanent and that I was in a lot of trouble, so I needed to go to the hospital.
I was taken to the hospital by the nice and caring nurses on the trauma unit. After a few hours in the hospital I was moved to the rehabilitation unit, and they put me on a wheelchair. I was in a lot of pain.
The next couple of days my legs and my back were severely affected. There were a couple of times when I couldn’t feel anything in my legs other than numbness and a slight pain. It went from being numb in the legs to being numb in my back. I also had some numbness in my arms as well. As the days went on the numbness in my legs and back disappeared, and I didn’t feel any pain at all.
The thing is, you cant really move your legs or arms when you are in a wheelchair, and you cant move your legs or arms when you are in the hospital. So the numbness in your legs and arms, while it can be quite extreme, is probably your body adjusting to your new situation.
It’s interesting that we’re talking about the exact same thing here. It is possible to have some symptoms of MS, and spinal cord compression could be one of them. But if you have MS, you are not going to feel any numbness in your legs or arms. However, you might have numbness in your arms as you walk and sit.
While a spinal cord compression is a big issue, the other one that I am quite familiar with, and I am sure a lot of you are feeling a lot of numbness in your legs, is the muscle stiffness in your feet. This is not uncommon in MS patients. It is possible that you have a similar situation as a lot of MS patients, where you have some muscle stiffness in your feet that are making it very difficult to walk, sit, or stand.