were round a mates house having a few drinks, everyone was in the hot tub/pool, i went for a piss came back just as my brother and another mate were helping him out the pool. he'd done a flip of some sort and landed on his head on the bottom of the pool, no feeling below his waste to begin with which spread upto his chest after 10 mins or so. been xrayd and cat scanned, broken C6, hes in the ICU under observation now, theyre hoping its just swelling thats caused the lose of feeling but seems unlikly as it was instant.

fucking insane.....could have been anyone of us.....properly surreal night

i hope to god hes not gonna be wheelchair bound....

 

shit sorry to hear that Stu.......keep us updated.

hope he can get it sorted

 

nuts...1 of my worst fears 2 of my mate have broken ther backs & both are walking fine now so good luck to your mate

 

Not good Stu as said on MSN

 

jesus thats scary shit

 

Fark me, hope he gets sorted

 

It happened to someone I was biking with about 6 years ago. He was riding behind me (we were going off some old building in the woods), came off and hit some concrete funny.

It never cured

 

terrible

my mate persuaded me to dive in the pool without stretching out the arms and i went in far too steep and twatted my chin on the bottom and had bad headache for a while afterwards. that could have been more serious. sometimes the body is remarkably strong, but sometimes the slightest wrong angle can fuck it up forever

 

its funny... sometimes you can survive a 300mph crash (like hammond) but other all you have to do it knock something slightly wrong and it breaks... hope your mate gets better!

 

Poor chap!

I had an unstable fracture of C6 vertibrate when I hit a tree on my GSXR 2 years ago. For 3 weeks I couldnt move below the shoulders but it slowly came back. Now I only have nerve damage to the inside of my arms.

They fixed me by inserting and bolting a Ti plate on to the inside of my spine which fixed C7,C6 and C5 into a rigid structure.

I do hope they can fix him.

Simon.

 

Not good for the fella.
Hope he makes full recovery soon.
Send him some PF loving.

 

Holy Crap

I hope he makes a good recovery

Its funny i have had a dodgy back for the last week BUT !

I did not do anything to cause it, had not done any work on the cossie or
the house for two weeks prior..

Still on the mend now. Slowly

 

Hope he is ok mate.

Got to be one of the worst things to happen to someone, feeling fit and healthy but wheelchair bound due to landing wrong in a hot tub!

Seriously hope he makes a full recovery!

 

Fingers crossed Stu, broken back is a fucking scarey prospect.

On a lighter note, you used that viagra much over there yet?

Done that milf from next door again yet or have you been using your sisters mate as target practice for a while first?

 

hope it will be all ok after the swelling has gone.

 

very sorry to hear of your mate, i was a spinal injuries auxiliary nurse , the lad i looked after broke his back at c6 also,in a car accident and he could still walk, however when they sent him home with neck exercises after failing to spot that he had broken it, he is now a paraplegic, lost all feeling on the way home in the taxi and couldnt get out

im not being harsh but if it was an instant loss of feeling id be exceptionally surprised if he wasnt paralysed

the amount of people who are paralysed by silly things is unbelieveable when you work in that line.

Im sure if he is going to be wheelchair bound, he will get excellent care and have a good life still, it doesnt stop the lad i used to look after.

Sarah

 

theyve moved him from the ICU to another hospital for surgery tomorow.

im trying to stay positive but it just seems more and more likely its gonna be perminant.

proper makes me feel sick thinking about it, hes only 16, got his whole life ahead of him and it could be vertually over just because of a silly accident.

 

Jeezo, v.scary only 16 too fingers crossed for the dude

 

16, holy shit, hope he's ok

My dad shattered one of his vertebrae in the beginning of 2006 after falling from the loft onto the ladder, bent one of the runs thank god he is ok now, walking and that, still gets pains/stiffness. he had to get some metal plates put in

 

I did a backflip off the side into the pool on hols a few years ago and hit my head against the pool wall under water. Thank fuck I didn;t hit it on the edge of the pool......

It just hurt a bit but I was fine. Didn;t dare try it again tho.

HOpe your mate gets better and keep us informed pal.

 

thats pretty much what he did.....

 

He's a v lucky guy, if he'd of done C3-C5 things could of been very different indeed. A lesson learnt I take it?

Best wished to him for a speedy recovery.

Andy

 

Keep me updated mate

 

Not good.

Keep us updated fella

 

I hope he makes a full recovery.

 

My little brother is in hospital at the moment, He broke his neck in 3 places and damaged his spinal cord.
Was on life support for a couple of days after the accident
At the moment he can only move his arms a little bit, but today he managed to move his wrist which is a good sign, just hope he starts moving his fingers and legs)
He's had one op allready that took 6 hours, and another shorter one to go.
Its really is upsetting, use to him being around annoying me
i hope your mate gets better

 

purple_fiesta Wishing your brother a full recovery aswel mate.

 

Sorry to hear this,

i injured the bottom of my back when i was 15, and lost use of legs for a few weeks, but then they come back.


keep us updated.

 

as said

 

Holy shit, fingers crossed Stu.

 

just a little update, hes had two surgeries, and has regained some deep sensation back in his legs and lower body, he sat up in bd the other day on his own, so good signs. hes going to colorado to a specialist physiotherapist at some point soon, so hopefully he will walk again

 

 

Thats fucking excellent

 

lucky chap, all the best

 

If what he is having is good luck, i dont fucking well want any

 

Thats great news

Hope is got insurance

Steve.

 

 

Superb news, was just wondering if their had been an update!! Fingers crossed for the lad

 

Sounds good mate! It really is horrible
My bro can feel his legs but he cant move them, can only move his arms, but the other day he started moving his wrist so hopefully his fingers will start moving!
Hes having his second op on Tuesday hopefully