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Accepting and Letting Go

Accepting and Letting Go

Getting up in the morning, walking and running around like everyone else never seems like something special until you can no longer do these things. In a body that stubbornly refuses to move, life dramatically changes. A person with a spinal cord injury (Refers to damage to the spinal medulla. ) must learn how to do things in other ways without any instruction manual.

Whether it is a pre-existing or new condition, due to trauma (Any lesion or injury produced within a limited area of the body resulting from an external violent action of shock. ), a degenerative illness, or a spinal cord injury (Refers to damage to the spinal medulla. ), no one is prepared to deal with an extreme situation such as being a paraplegic or a tetraplegic. The person is propelled in a whole new way of life that depends on physical, psychological and social rehabilitation.

Although the physical damage may be understood from a medical perspective, it is perhaps more difficult to understand the invisible pain in the inner world. Over the years, Kim and Patrick learnt how to recognize and name this reality.

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