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Old 11-25-2011, 07:59 AM   #1
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A Paralympic cyclist may represent her country in the Olympics after a bike crash miraculously gave her back the use of her legs.
Monique van der Vorst, 27, was paralysed from the waist down and had been confined to a wheelchair for 13 years.

Powering a bike with her hands, she had represented the Netherlands at the Paralympic Games and won two silver medals.

But last year, after being knocked off her bike, her feet started to tingle, and within months, she was able to walk again.
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Old 11-25-2011, 09:50 AM   #2
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that is truly unbelievable. Congrats to her and her desire to be in the Olympics.
Would suck though if she crashed during a bike race and lost the use of her legs again...
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Seriously??? That's beyond incredible.

Where did she crash ..... the island of LOST?
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Not only did she regain the use of her legs, she's now at the ponit where she is a serious competitor in regular biking. Downright bizarre.
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Old 11-25-2011, 10:18 AM   #5
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That's a crazy story. The one time falling down turned out to be a great thing.
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If I ever end up in a wheelchair, this will become my plan of attack.

Crash, bang and throw myself into and off of objects, until I can either walk again.
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If I ever end up in a wheelchair, this will become my plan of attack.

Crash, bang and throw myself into and off of objects, until I can either walk again.
That's why I play sledge hockey. Let me check, nope still no feelers.

That reminds of a Kids in the Halls skit; "He's having some diffickulty passing the saaalt." ... "always seemed to work on the Flintstones."

Found the video...
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Does this mean that her previous doctors missed something and she could have been walking again much earlier?
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I'm now going to go around knocking handicapped cyclists off their bikes. My gift to society!
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Not only did she regain the use of her legs, she's now at the ponit where she is a serious competitor in regular biking. Downright bizarre.
Yeah that is amazing, I had my left leg paralyzed for about a month due to nerve damage, it slowly recovered and while it's now okay, it doesn't have the strength it once had.
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Next story, former paralympic cyclist Monique van der Vorst, 27, has silver medals retroactively taken away after she regains use of her legs.
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Is she the only able-bodied person to have paralympic medals now?
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Where did she crash ..... the island of LOST?

...No, Gilligan's Island!
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Wow I love stories like this.

Now who wants to put Viagra out of business by letting me shoot pucks at their junk?
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She had a complete spinal cord injury and it somehow magically repaired itself when she fell off a bike?

It's unbelievable because it's impossible.
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I'm now going to go around knocking handicapped cyclists off their bikes. My gift to society!
Hahaha, it's funny because I'm going to hell. Totally worth it though.
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Well that sucks. I guess her paralympic career is over.
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She had a complete spinal cord injury and it somehow magically repaired itself when she fell off a bike?

It's unbelievable because it's impossible.
What a brilliant plan. Fake paralysis for 13 years to win a couple silver medals at the special olympics, and then BAM! walk again.

Is this like the rugby player that turned gay after having a stroke?
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She had a complete spinal cord injury and it somehow magically repaired itself when she fell off a bike?

It's unbelievable because it's impossible.
I think most of the articles state that she had damage to the spine, not a "complete spinal injury".

Although van der Vorst's recovery remain unexplained, that's largely because of the speed of her recovery, according to IoL News. In fact, regaining the use of paralysed limbs is more common than we realise, according to Geoff Raisman, a neurologist at University College London.

"A very considerable body of careful patient data...[collected] over a considerable period of time indicates that over 40 per cent of spinal injured patients initially paralysed will walk again," he told New Scientist.
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/sh...gains-abi.html
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