Steampenny

After a big meal I like saying "Am I the only one that feels like they need to get rolled out of here" while rubbing my stomach

I'm a quadriplegic so to save him some time: Different "levels" of injury refer to where on your spinal cord you injured. Higher on the spinal cord means more areas of your body will have impaired motor/sensory functions. That is why when people break their necks their arms can be paralyzed and why when people break their back it is only their legs that are affected. When people say things like C1, T3, L2 the letter refers to the section of vertebrae C= cervical (neck) T= thoracic (back) and L= lumbar (lower back/near hips) and the number refers to the vertebrae which are numbered in a descending order.

it's an ongoing reddit joke about a mother who jerked off her son after he broke his arms. Also see: COLBY 2012 NEVER FORGET, and get a shoebox, jolly rancher, and dorito. I recommend not pursuing any of this for more information

I haven't directed any of my comments to you. I was cautioning you on telling other people with spinal cord injuries that "Everything will work out, the human body is amazing". I know you still have a lot of recovery and where you are at you should be trying your hardest to maximize your recovery. As for 4AP that is awesome that you are taking it. I've been waiting to try it for 4 years but it has only recently been approved for MS in Canada and insurance wont cover it for SCI. If you re-read my comments you will see that I at no point told you to give up or that your situation was hopeless.

Some extra info: Recovery time after spinal injury is accepted as approximately 2 years. This is the maximum time it takes for the swelling in the spinal cord to subside, and for "spinal shock" to end. After two years it is incredibly rare for neurological recovery to continue. Muscle strength can still be built up in innervated muscles though.