Christopher Reeve is ready to have the procedure done as soon as his doctors think it's reasonably safe and that he doesn't want to wait until it is proved to be 100% foolproof.

Alias · 10-23-2001, 09:00 PM

September 26, 2001: In an interview with the Telegraph, a British newspaper, Christopher Reeve broke some exciting news about his progress towards recovery, along with his worst moment since his accident, and his view on President Bush's stem cell research decision. Reeve told the newspaper that the worst thing that he experienced since his accident was a scare he had in 1997 when his doctors told him they had to amputate one of his legs below the knee. Reeve said, "What I couldn't accept was the day the doctors came to me and said that my leg would have to be amputated below the knee. I'd developed an infection on my ankle that wouldn't heal and they said that it would spread if I didn't have part of my leg removed. I wanted to draw a line in the sand and say: 'That's it. I've had enough. This is unacceptable. I've put up with all that I'm going to bear and the leg is staying right where it is'." He insisted on receiving an intensive treatment of antibiotics, to "flush out the infection" that ended up healing his ankle and saving his leg. Reeve, who views stem cell research as the only possible cure on the horizon for spinal cord injuries (leaving out the recent advance in axon regeneration), is evidently more desperate for a cure then ever before when he told the interviewer that he is ready to have the procedure done as soon as his doctors think it's reasonably safe and that he doesn't want to wait until it is proved to be 100% foolproof. On President Bush's stem cell research compromise Reeve said, "I don't like the compromise, but - for the time being - it's better than nothing. We'll find a way around it. Either Congress will vote for a change or individual states such as New York and California will fund their own research efforts on stem cells. Right now, everyone's attention is on terrorism, but we can't stop fighting to cure paralysis. The problem isn't going to go away." The most exciting news Reeve had was when he demonstrated that he can move his index finger up and down a couple inches and that he can also move his wrist and thumb. "I can't explain how I've taught myself to do it, but somehow I'm getting a signal down there. Something important is happening. First, I was able to move the finger and now I can also move my thumb and the wrist of my other hand. It's the kind of progress that makes me think that I will definitely walk again. I have the will. All I need is the science."

giambjj · 10-24-2001, 06:55 AM

What procedure is Superman talking about? Stem cell injections? He can go out of the US, if that is all he wants!

JJG

10-23-2001, 09:00 PM	#1
Alias Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Bath. OH 44210 Posts: 2	Christopher Reeve is ready to have the procedure done as soon as his doctors think it's reasonably safe and that he doesn't want to wait until it is proved to be 100% foolproof. September 26, 2001: In an interview with the Telegraph, a British newspaper, Christopher Reeve broke some exciting news about his progress towards recovery, along with his worst moment since his accident, and his view on President Bush's stem cell research decision. Reeve told the newspaper that the worst thing that he experienced since his accident was a scare he had in 1997 when his doctors told him they had to amputate one of his legs below the knee. Reeve said, "What I couldn't accept was the day the doctors came to me and said that my leg would have to be amputated below the knee. I'd developed an infection on my ankle that wouldn't heal and they said that it would spread if I didn't have part of my leg removed. I wanted to draw a line in the sand and say: 'That's it. I've had enough. This is unacceptable. I've put up with all that I'm going to bear and the leg is staying right where it is'." He insisted on receiving an intensive treatment of antibiotics, to "flush out the infection" that ended up healing his ankle and saving his leg. Reeve, who views stem cell research as the only possible cure on the horizon for spinal cord injuries (leaving out the recent advance in axon regeneration), is evidently more desperate for a cure then ever before when he told the interviewer that he is ready to have the procedure done as soon as his doctors think it's reasonably safe and that he doesn't want to wait until it is proved to be 100% foolproof. On President Bush's stem cell research compromise Reeve said, "I don't like the compromise, but - for the time being - it's better than nothing. We'll find a way around it. Either Congress will vote for a change or individual states such as New York and California will fund their own research efforts on stem cells. Right now, everyone's attention is on terrorism, but we can't stop fighting to cure paralysis. The problem isn't going to go away." The most exciting news Reeve had was when he demonstrated that he can move his index finger up and down a couple inches and that he can also move his wrist and thumb. "I can't explain how I've taught myself to do it, but somehow I'm getting a signal down there. Something important is happening. First, I was able to move the finger and now I can also move my thumb and the wrist of my other hand. It's the kind of progress that makes me think that I will definitely walk again. I have the will. All I need is the science."

10-24-2001, 06:55 AM	#2
giambjj Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Auburn, AL,USA Posts: 1,866	Procedure? What procedure is Superman talking about? Stem cell injections? He can go out of the US, if that is all he wants! JJG

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