Kate's Working 2 Walk 2014 Seattle Blog is now LIVE!

[GRAMMY]

Good Golly Miss Molly our own Kate Willette is ready to ROCK!

Bookmark and follow along all week with Kate on her live blog!
http://working2walk2014blog.wordpress.com/

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[kate]

Yup. We're going to keep doing this, peeps, until we get it right!

[Sue Pendleton]

We will be in the hotel bar or restaurant in about 32 hours, give or take. Kate, start doing the dry runways dance tomorrow morning. I hate skidding stops.

[ECUrach85]

I'll see y'all there!

[Jim]

remember ...

[#LHB#]

I'll see y'all there!

Hope y'all have a good time Rach. Hope to hear positive stuff. Maybe I will get a chance to go one year.

[lynnifer]

I'll see y'all there!

No resting that arm then!?

Already disappointed in Silver's stuff. Only because I'm selfish and it isn't happening fast enough. lol Thanks Kate!

[ECUrach85]

No resting that arm then!?

Already disappointed in Silver's stuff. Only because I'm selfish and it isn't happening fast enough. lol Thanks Kate!

Ive got a handy dandy mom to push me around and talk behind my back. ��
AND I met a doctor who does tendon and nerve transfers in the arm/hand. She was a huge help !

[GRAMMY]

No resting that arm then!?

Already disappointed in Silver's stuff. Only because I'm selfish and it isn't happening fast enough. lol Thanks Kate!

I moderated the silver breakout. He was still talking data and strategies with everyone long after the evening reception had started. Much to talk about, but too much to report via my tablet. You'll be surprised.

[Jawaid]

Wish you give some real hope for the breakthrough therapy this year Grammy. God bless you and remember my questions too.

[beachlover]

Thanks Kate. I followed your blog these past few days and came away encouraged and angry. Encouraged because it seems like many scientists are so close to finding treatments that will both restore function and improve quality of life. Angry because the $$ and advocacy for $$ is still lacking. That said, congrats to you and the W2W folks... again this was top notch information transmitted from researchers to the public.

[lynnifer]

I moderated the silver breakout. He was still talking data and strategies with everyone long after the evening reception had started. Much to talk about, but too much to report via my tablet. You'll be surprised.

I'm all ears and I hope so! It's just frustrating working on rats, then cats ya know? Long way away from humans. I didn't see him mention respiratory therapies? I worry that we're going to start losing people if that isn't corrected soon. I remember the media commenting that 9yrs was the lifespan for a vent dependent quad and that's how long Reeve lasted. We have many exceptions to the rule around here .. but still.

It feels odd to have Silver as the rockstar last year and now Edgerton has taken that spot for me .. to be recruiting for second human trials already is huge. Just hope they don't eff it up by, "We must fine tune." For every year taken to fine tune, I wonder how many paralyzed people die. And yes, I worry that I'll be one of them.

I take it back - I just read the breakout session with Edgerton. I understand wanting to make money from this .. I understand having to fine tune. I do - I get it - I just hate that it's costing patient health and time and suffering. Wish there was a bone to throw some of us NOW. Five years - I almost laughed out loud.

[lynnifer]

Ive got a handy dandy mom to push me around and talk behind my back. ��
AND I met a doctor who does tendon and nerve transfers in the arm/hand. She was a huge help !

That's excellent news ... and I'm glad you got some answers and hope it helps!!! Definitely worth the trip for you then.

[JamesMcM]

I'm all ears and I hope so! It's just frustrating working on rats, then cats ya know? Long way away from humans. I didn't see him mention respiratory therapies? I worry that we're going to start losing people if that isn't corrected soon. I remember the media commenting that 9yrs was the lifespan for a vent dependent quad and that's how long Reeve lasted. We have many exceptions to the rule around here .. but still.

It feels odd to have Silver as the rockstar last year and now Edgerton has taken that spot for me .. to be recruiting for second human trials already is huge. Just hope they don't eff it up by, "We must fine tune." For every year taken to fine tune, I wonder how many paralyzed people die. And yes, I worry that I'll be one of them.

I take it back - I just read the breakout session with Edgerton. I understand wanting to make money from this .. I understand having to fine tune. I do - I get it - I just hate that it's costing patient health and time and suffering. Wish there was a bone to throw some of us NOW. Five years - I almost laughed out loud.

I hear yeah... Overall how did you guys think the symposium went? Are we moving towards future treatments? With Substantial recovery?

[Jawaid]

May be we will be moving James but will take again and again many years it looks. So bad