One of the first things you learn about SCIs is that everyone is different, depending on where the level of injury is on your spine will affect what potential level of paralysis you may have. The higher up your spine the more of your body may be affected. There is one additional different categorisation that affects your SCI that is whether it is complete or incomplete. This will affect what your prognosis is likely to be, essentially complete means the chance of your paralysis improving is very slim but if you’re incomplete there is a chance that you may improve. Everyone is different and just someone else has the same level of injury eg T10 Incomplete doesn’t mean that you will both end up with the same level of function. Don’t think that if your body is not allowing you to do the same as someone else that it is your fault.
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Living with a spinal cord injury
A blog about coming to terms with a life changing injury