I cannot walk, but I'm trying to learn again. - mike24forever's Blog

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I cannot walk, but I'm trying to learn again.

Posted on May 27, 2012 at 06:16 PM.

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On March 14th, I was hit by a minivan on the street in front of my house. The individuals that did this have not been identified or even caught. This was done on purpose, they actually hopped the curb to hit me. This incident has been covered by the news agencies in Toronto extensively. This "accident" left me with a broken L2 vertebrae and nerve damage. At this time I am unable to walk.
I am currently living at Lyndhurst Rehab Center, where I am learning how to walk again. This has been a difficult 10 weeks for me. My wife, witnessed the accident, has looked after me for the past 10 weeks and taken on all the household responsibilities. For me, not being able to move my legs is difficult. I have been athletic my whole life and I am a Phys'ed teacher. So, being active is a major part of my life. During this time, I have lost 30 pounds of muscle mass due to muscle attraphy.
Due to all of this, my sister has started a fund raiser for me and a website to help me (www.getmikewalking.com). I just thought I would put this out into the OS community to check out. Thanks for taking the time to read this blog and thank you very much if you check out the website.

Michael

Comments

# 16 Raymundo87 @ May 31

This is really a touching and unfortunate story. I admire your strength and I have faith that you will in fact walk again. May God bless you on your path to recovery. Same to ffyfe and ttroj52, stay strong brothers!

# 17 mike24forever @ May 31

Thanks Ray!

# 18 ghm125 @ May 31

my prayers for you and your family brother...May GOD bless you and help you recover,and take care of all your needs and concerns you may have!.

# 19 NimaAkaJoJo @ Dec 10

Unfortunate what happened to you, I hope you get well!
Mike, how is your progress?

# 20 mike24forever @ Dec 10

Nima,

I'm doing better. It's a slow road to recovery, but I'm working my butt off to get better. I hope yo be back to work next September. Thanks for asking.

# 21 NimaAkaJoJo @ Dec 10

I'm assuming ur walking again? Good to hear, keep on working.. Of course, I cant just read this and not ask about in how your doing. Happy holidays!

# 22 mike24forever @ Dec 10

Yeah, I'm walking. Not perfectly, but I am.