November 11, 2012
One Life
Everyone deserves to live their best life no matter what circumstances life throws at you.
This page is a reminder that we live one life and to get after the life you want to live. Start asking the questions of ‘what do I want out of life?’. Who do I want to be? What do I want to do? Is what I am doing right now, helping me?
Stop going through the motions, stop whinging or blaming others, get after it.
As the photo depicts, life is bloody shit, unkind, and unfair at times. In those times it’s alright to have a whinge, but what would you rather? Stay there and wallow in your own self-pity, or move forward little bit by little bit, take control of your life, have regulated emotions, feel good, be the best version of yourself, and live your best life?
I’m not saying it’s easy, but it seems pretty obvious to me.
Eventually I’ll grow this page to have resources, stories, and links to help motivate people to live their best ‘One Life’.
My Spinal Injury
The Injury
You can see how the vertebra is squashing the spinal cord.I dislocated and broke vertebrae c5-c6. C7 is the one that usually pokes out the most, so it’s the two above that. My spinal cord was squashed and emergency surgery was performed to release the pressure.
Surgery
Post surgery. Screws, plate and tubes in me. 4 screws and a plate were inserted as well as bone from my hip to fuse that part of my neck.
Movement
The further up the neck you hurt the less movement you have. With my level of injury I have movement in my neck, shoulders, upper back muscles, biceps. I have half my wrist that work, and pec minor works but pec major doesn’t.
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