Alex will walk again

I’m now entering week 2 of the start of my extreme physio, i have a rest on Sunday and Thursday.. today tho my physio will not be here but i will still be doing the leg and arm cycle - last Tuesday my body ached all over.. today i am ok, yesterday in Standing Start, they worked me until i couldn’t lift my arms, it shows that my body is adjusting to the new regime, there already has been a marked inprovement over the past week - this will continue through hard work and determination.

The life i had before wasn’t the best life… but it was my life…. sometimes life takes you down a path, it makes you wonder why..?? what have i done….?? but if life wasn’t hard.. you wouldn’t appreciate the good things.. to be free and able to go where you want.. you have to fight for what you want.. work for what you need, bad things happen to good people.. things happen for a reason.. separating the weak from the strong.. the strong carry on.. this is my life now… forget the bad times, bring on the good ones.

Miami Cure for Paralysis - This is situated within the grounds of the Jackson Memorial Hospital.

Wheels to Walk Canada - Some really intresting new research into spinal cord repair.

Standing Standing Start - Where i would like to attend, its extreme physio.

Daniel Nicholls Foundation - London based research into a cure.

The Mind Clinic - a mind based physio, proven to work through hard work

Above is a list of the links to research into the cure for paralysis, Standing Start and the Mind Clinic are physical therapy centres,

Every day we face choices.. some hard some easy , some wrong some right.. but once they are made you have then got to follow that route, right or wrong - “even weather or not to go swimming” - seems a small choice… but!?! tomorrow there will then be more choices, life goes on - give up.. or deal with the hand that has been delt - your choice….

Monday, Wednesday and Friday i am attending Standing Start, thanks to everyone involved. The first day was really good, they look at spinal cord RECOVERY  the same way as a new born baby learning to roll, kneel, lift them selves up, crawl and walk, getting you thinking about how your body used to move. On Tuesday and Saturday i have physio at home still with Stephen Barwise, i have had Stephen since i came home from hospital, with his help i have improved, and reached goals that i have set.. i can now do physio 5 times a week, with Standing Start i will start a new program, and continuing with Stephen as i am doing, the pace has surpassed what i thought possible, i have my leg braces that i am standing with now (using crutches) soon i will use parallel bars - they will be more stable and allow me then to combine that with a tread mill to “simulate” walking to start with - and eventually www.alexwillwalkagain.com with the alternate days at Standing Start with the new system, my FES bike and tracker bike, i have been given that push.. the helping hand… the opportunity to reach my goal.

As i have only just stepped up the pace (i am only human :)) i wake up aching all over, but with the two programs and my bikes i am working different areas of my body, and once i start moving i loosen up, when i’m finished the endorphins make me feel good, plus knowing that through hard work, determination, and the help and support of the people around me.. i will improve and reach my goal.

Today i’m taking it easy.. i have physio tomorrow - i will stand again with my crutches, that is with Stephen Barwise, Monday, Wednesday and Friday i will be attending Standing start.. Tuesday and Saturday i’ll be standing at home.. i don’t have a time table yet, but will find out next week.. plus at home i have the fes bike, so now i’ll really be able to see what i can do, and again this would not have been possible without you Sarah and everyone involved in raising the money allowing me to push on forward.

plus look at the babies..

Another  thank you to everyone envolved in the walk! the DVD came yesterday - thanks Colleen for putting it together, all the messages/support from everyone - a very emotional film.. Jennifer said that soon i’ll “try” standing with leg braces, that is now what i’m doing on a regular basis..

and thanks to all your work - i will be attending standing start on monday.. now i can step up the pace

Life is hard, bad things happen - but good things can also come from a bad situation - just sometimes the bad things have to happen firstElina, a girl i have met, she had a tragic car accident and broke C7 vertebra, we are going through very similar things.. but what happened has brought us closer..

Today was the second time fully weight bearing, using crutches and the leg braces i managed three good stands.. a big improvement on Saturday before, the main thing’s today - i could bring myself upright out of the standing chair (while my standing chair was in the upright position) from 85% to upright and back again, i can push through on my quads - tensing where necessary.. and my hip flexors where kicking in…