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Hospitalization After Spinal Cord Injury

Personal experiences in these videos have been chosen from interviews with more than 100 people living with spinal cord injury.

Being hospitalized for a spinal cord injury involves a lot of complicated medical and surgical information. Diagnosis and treatment options are often difficult to understand for both the patient and family. There are always concerns about what the future holds. Here are the most helpful answers to the seven most common questions about hospitalization after a spinal cord injury:

What was the hardest part of the first days in the hospital?
How did you develop an understanding of the injury?
What was your greatest fear at first?
How did family members respond to the news?
What personal support was most helpful to you?
How did you deal with stress at first?
What do you wish you had known at the beginning?

Q&A: What was the hardest part of the first days in the hospital?
Personal Experiences with Paralysis

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Megan - paraplegia - hardest part of first days in hospital

Q&A: How did you develop an understanding of the injury?
Personal Experiences with Paralysis

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Kelly - paraplegia - your understanding of the injury

What was your greatest fear at first?
Personal Experiences with Paralysis

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Megan - paraplegia - greatest fear at first

Q&A: How did family members respond to the news?
Personal Experiences with Paralysis

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Megan - paraplegia - family members response

Q&A: What personal support was most helpful to you?
Personal Experiences with Paralysis

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Megan - paraplegia - personal support most helpful

Q&A: How did you deal with stress at first?
Personal Experiences with Paralysis

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Q&A: What do you wish you had known at the beginning?
Personal Experiences with Paralysis

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Megan - paraplegia - what do you wish you had known