Date of birth: 18 November 1991
Date of accident: 23 July 2006
Dive of his height in a lake
Level of injury: C5
Selon le Centre
hospitalier universitaire de Grenoble :
Tétraplégie motrice complète du niveau C5 et sensitive au niveau de T1
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Beginning of laserponcture: 23 July 2007
Frequency : 1 week every other month
Update 29 October 2007
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Better balance (no more belt), tranfers from bed to chair without help
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No more hypotension
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No more bedsores
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General feelings when bladder leaks
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Stopped Ditropan progressively (from 3/day to 1/day to 1 every 3 days); leakings were more frequent but disappeared almost completely
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After my first laser treatment (end of July), my urine was full of "sediments" for one month or so; urine is clear since then
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No UTIs since July
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Felt twice the normal sensation to void my bladder
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I can write several pages with an orthosis on my right hand and without pain; writing almost normal
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Left thumb and right 3rd finger quivers when trying to move my fingers
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Sensitivity in my left hand has improved
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Put on weight
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More trunk control
Update 11 Feb. 2009 by Etienne
- More muscle tone, especially in my back (control +++)
- No more use of my abdominal belt and support stockings
- Standing is easier
- Big progress in writing
- Bladder : I feel when I have a bladder leaking
- Bowels: I feel when passing stools
Update 6 April 2009 by Etienne
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More abdominal muscles
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More tonus in my back+++
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More triceps
Update 26 Oct. 2009 by Etienne
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Work to strengthen my muscles (back, shoulders, arms) in July and August 2009 ==> transfers are now easier and safer
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I feel my left pectoral
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Abdominal muscles are stronger
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Better sitting and standing position
Update 16 Feb.
2010 by Etienne: no improvement
Last update: 23