While I was going to outpatient PT, I was notified by my therapist and neuro
that someone from Walkaide was going to be at the hospital doing demonstrations
on people with different disabilities (ie:stroke, spinal cord injury,
neurological etc..) and they requested me to be the one that they tried it one
with a neurological disability.
I was the third person to be demonstrated on and the woman right before me had,
had a stroke and she had great success with the walk aide. I was kind of
excited but wasn't getting my hopes up...
The guy wired me up with the device and started ramping up the electrical
charge...nothing at a lower setting....still nothing at a little higher
setting....still nothing higher yet...
He turned the device all the way up and my left foot still did not respond...
Oh well, at least it was a try. The guy was confused too because he said he had
never seen anyone that didn't get at least some response from it.
He even went on and hooked it up to a couple more people and it worked for them
and then he came back to me and hooked it up again...same result, nothing..
My left leg is pretty much dead I guess...
I mean, I can move my toes a very small bit, but that's it. I can't lift my
foot at all...
Maybe someday, they'll find something that will work on me.
Kevin Weilacher
N.E. Ohio (Canton)
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From: Todd Tarno <toddtm2...@sbcglobal.net>
To: TMIC <tmic-list@eskimo.com>
Sent: Fri, April 2, 2010 2:14:26 PM
Subject: [TMIC] Walk Aide
www.walkaide.com
Two years ago, I got new feeling in my bad leg and one year ago, I was able to
move my toes on my bad leg for the first time since April 1, 2002. So
yesterday I went to a Walk Aide office here in Corpus Christi, TX and it did
left up my drop foot on my bad leg, but I still will need the walker for
balance. I'm just glad to know that I'm a candidate for this unit. To bad that
Medicare doesn't cover the $4,800 unit. I know there is a 50/50 chance it will
work for people with Transverse Myelitis, but I would still try and if it
doesn't work, might try again, once you have gotten new feeling in your bad
leg.
