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2009-10-27 PARAPARESIS BOTH LOWER LIMB:

Dear Akhil, I am so sorry that your mother has so much to deal with. When I answer these questions I put myself in your/your mothers place. So if it were my mother I would first ask whether the osteoporosis

2009-10-16 C6/C7 injury:

Dear Sandra, I'm sorry to hear about your father, that is never an easy thing to go through. I think your father may get a lot of his motion back based on what you've told me. Pneumonia is an illness

2009-10-13 spinl injury / car accident sep.15 ,09:

Hi Jammie, I am sorry to here about your injury and seemingly endless complications due to your injury. I think you probably injured your spinal cord. That would explain all the things you are feeling

2009-10-08 spinal cord injury:

Hi Terri, The damage begins at the moment of injury when displaced bone fragments, disc material, or ligaments bruise or tear into spinal cord tissue. Most injuries to the spinal cord don't completely

2009-09-28 MRI's:

Hi Amanda, I'm sorry I didn't know about it taking you two years. I guess what I meant to say is if your current doctor won't allow you to have an MRI, maybe you need to see someone else. I hope you can

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