Judy
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Testimony  

 

 

Following a riding accident in 1999 where I sustained a spinal cord injury level C4 to C7 incomplete this initially left me totally paralysed and I spent 9 months in the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt spinal unit.

On discharge I was very immobile with body very swollen totally stiff and in a terrific amount of nerve pain. I could pass urine although the control was not good. Bowel function was possible after suppositories.

I started to attend Albert Bohbot Laserponcture clinic in France in 2001, I have been attending on regular basis ever since.

From his treatment I have gained better bladder and bowel control, my posture has gradually straightened, my nerve pain has reduced, my strength has improved and walking has improved. My sitting position is more comfortable and I am able to move far better in bed.

 

I put most of my recovery down to the laser treatment.

I have a lot to thank Mr Bohbot and his very positive caring attitude for, it has helped to get me through the last five years.

 

Yours faithfully

Judy O

3 March 2006

 

 

 

 
History  

 

 

 

 

DOB: 21 Sep. 1946

Date of accident : 27 Sep. 1999

Horse riding accident

Fracture of C3 and C5

 

 

 

 

 

Report from the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic and District Hospital NHS Trust, 19 May 2000:
Incomplete spastic quadriplegia at level C6 - Frankel C

  • Motor level: walks with a walker; limited movement in her fingers.
  • Sensory level:
    Touch: felt pins and needles below her injury and important hypersensitivity.
    Pressure: could feel light pressure below her injury.
  • Bowels: can feel when her bowels are full, passes stools normally.
  • Bladder: normal feeling when bladder is full; normal management of bladder; feels when passes water; takes oxybutinine; cannot hold water; goes to the toilet in emergency and had leakings during the day and at night.
  • Independence: can eat without help since April 2000; cannot cut her meat; uses her two hands to drink since April 2000; needs someone to help for toileting and dressing.
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Progress  

 

Limbs measurements Pinprick tests
12/10/04 31/01/05 02/05/05
01/09/05 02/02/06 19/10/06

 

  No sensation

Click here for an overview of Judy's pinprick tests (ppt presentation, 1.4 Mo)
  Normal
  Hypersensitivity
  Dull pinprick
  Very dull pinprick
  Subnormal pinprick

Beginning of treatment : 3 April 2001

1. Independence

  • Feels the need to stand up immediately.
  • March 2004: can get up from her bed with the help of her walker only.
  • 4 Oct. 2004: sitting in her wheelchair and moving in bed is easier; can stand up from her wheelchair by pushing on her armrest; can turn in bed and sit on it without help; can get up with the help of two sticks only; can cut her meat.

2. Stability

  • 3 Nov. 2003: has a better balance when walking between parallel bars - holds the bars.

3.1. Volontary motricity

  • 28 May 2003: moves her 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th fingers of her left hand independently; moves the 3rd and 4th finger of her right hand; moves the 4 last toes of her right foot; and begins to move the 4 last toes of her left foot.
  • 7 July 2003: moves all her fingers but the 1st on her right hand; moves her left knee and ankle, and 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th toes of her left foot.
  • 3 Nov. 2003:

3.2. Walking

  • Since 2002: walks with two sticks.
  • March 2004: walks between parallel bars - does not hold the bars.
  • March-April 2004: walking is more supple, can bend her knees and move one leg after the other when turning with her walker.

4. Sensory level

  • Touch:
    28 May 2003: no more hypersensitivity, feels pins and needles, tingling, electricity, pricks on her trunk and lower limbs.
    3 Nov. 2004: feels the pins and needles, tingling, pricks and electricity down to T9 (front) and T11 (back).
    4 Oct. 2004: the electricity feeling is not so strong on her upper limbs and dermatom T1 (front and back); dull sensations from dermatoms T2 to T9 (back and front).
  • Pressure:
    28 May 2003: no more hypersensitivity, feels pins and needles, tingling, electricity, pricks on her trunk and lower limbs.
    3 Nov. 2004: feels the pins and needles, tingling, pricks and electricity down to T9 (front) and T11 (back).
    4 Oct. 2004: the electricity feeling is not so strong on her upper limbs and dermatom T1 (front and back); dull sensations from dermatoms T2 to T9 (back and front).
  • Pain:
    28 May 2003: feels tightness in her shoulders, hands and body; feels pain immediately.
    3 Nov. 2003: feels pain down to T9 (front) and T11 (back).
    9 Feb. 2004: normal sensation to pain; feels vibrations in her muscles and bones when she knocks herself.
    4 Oct. 2004: sharp below the injury.
  • Hot:
    3 Nov. 2003: feels warm/hot water on her body down to T2 but with delay (slight or intense burning); does not feel hot from a heater.
    4 Oct. 2004: feels warmness when water is hot.
  • Cold:
    3 Nov. 2003: feels when temperatures are cold.
    9 Feb. 2004: feels cold water; warms herself up when she comes next to a heater.
  • Pinprick
    See testing of 12 Oct. 2004.

5. Bowels and bladder

  • Bowels and bladder:
    9 Feb. 2004: better perception when her bladder is full, it feels more normal.
    Gradual improvement of sphincters control since her first laserponcture® sessions:
    - Feels when her bladder is full more normally.
    - Easier to pass water and stools.
    - No more leakings and can hold water.
    21 June 2004: normal sensation when bowels are full.
    21 June 2004: normal feeling when bladder is full.
    4 Oct. 2004: normal feeling when bowels are full.
  • Intimate sensations:
    3 Nov. 2003: feels when passes the catheter.

    Last update: 20 Nov. 2008

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