I'm trying to find out whether anyone, anywhere is aware of any new developments with transcutaneous stimulation. I want to know because I, probably like so many others, am getting up in age (I'm 69) and the surgical option may not make sense for someone my age.
A little bit more about me: I've been injured over 40 years, breaking my neck in a bicycle accident in 1979. I broke C5,6, but the neurological deficit is at C7,8. The doctors told me (and it remains true) I am extremely incomplete. I can pee, dee, walk with a walker (in a limited fashion) etc. But most of my time is spent in the chair.
I give this background info because time is running out for me (and others like me) and I feel the eTMC is the best hope for me in my lifetime. Maybe something better will come along, but I feel some things are still so experimental that it's going to years for them to bear fruit. And like so many others, I'm tired of waiting so long.
So please, if you know of things going on (even outside the US) with transcutaneous stimulation, let me know. And I'm talking about something beyond continuous - never ending - trials, some actual effort to move this to application. I hope their is something going on somewhere.
A little bit more about me: I've been injured over 40 years, breaking my neck in a bicycle accident in 1979. I broke C5,6, but the neurological deficit is at C7,8. The doctors told me (and it remains true) I am extremely incomplete. I can pee, dee, walk with a walker (in a limited fashion) etc. But most of my time is spent in the chair.
I give this background info because time is running out for me (and others like me) and I feel the eTMC is the best hope for me in my lifetime. Maybe something better will come along, but I feel some things are still so experimental that it's going to years for them to bear fruit. And like so many others, I'm tired of waiting so long.
So please, if you know of things going on (even outside the US) with transcutaneous stimulation, let me know. And I'm talking about something beyond continuous - never ending - trials, some actual effort to move this to application. I hope their is something going on somewhere.
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