How to spend a $100,000

tman · 02-04-2003, 08:06 PM

If you saved up 100k, would you try to get some type of undergroud Fix? If so what would that be? Or would you be better off donating that money to someone like project walk?

bent · 02-04-2003, 08:34 PM

tman-

Where and how can 100k give someone a fix? I myself have access, please point me in the right direction.

Curt Leatherbee · 02-04-2003, 11:56 PM

I know people who are worth millions and still are paralyzed. You still cannot buy your way out of a Spinal Cord Injury.

"Life is about how you
respond to not only the
challenges you're dealt but
the challenges you seek...If
you have no goals, no
mountains to climb, your
soul dies".~Liz Fordred

CLC379 · 02-05-2003, 01:29 AM

bent if you got 100k i can invent some kinda fix no guarantees and no refunds

Jeff · 02-05-2003, 06:24 AM

It depends on the completeness of your injury. If you're incomplete then $100K buys some fine rehab equipment and the free time to use it. Even CR with an ASIA A injury is ow considered ASIA C. If he had started out ASIA C he no doubt would be walking by now.

If you're a complete or near complete injury then your $100K won't go as far. You'll still need the finest equipment, or lots of time at a rehab place like PW or Arnie's clinic. But you'll also need to gamble on some kind of experimental cure therapy like a cell transplant.

Will Ambler had a little more than $100K and a strong desire to be cured. You know the route he's taking. He's hiring researchers and trying to get some definitive results in rat. That could be because he didn't feel there was anything currently available that would give enough return to be worth the investment. So, he's trying to develop a combination therapy that will do just that.

I agree with Curtis. I think it's still a little early for us to be able to buy our way out of a spinal cord injury. I think that day will come, however. And unfortunately we'll be reading the success stories of the wealthy while the rest of us anxiously await the day that the health care system makes the same thing available.

Yet, that will be a glorious day in another respect. There will be a proven therapy we can present to the world and to our government and medical leaders. Hopefully, the cure will then reach the masses in short order.

Until then, I advise those with the money to get an FES bike and really take care of their bodies.

~See you at the SCIWire-used-to-be-paralyzed Reunion

~

tman · 02-05-2003, 08:26 AM

Therapy does not help me. I work 12 hours a day for my money. My goal is to buy my way out of this chair. I am as complete as they get I got nothing but maybe a little sensation in one spot.

Steven Edwards · 02-05-2003, 08:42 AM

I would do like Will Ambler and donate the money towards research I believe in.

-Steven

Schmeky · 02-05-2003, 09:15 AM

Jeff stated:

"I think it's still a little early for us to be able to buy our way out of a spinal cord injury. I think that day will come, however".

I think so too, however, the recent spat of cure predictions leaves me a little cold. Wise says 3-20 years, Miami Project says 20, CR says 2-3. I addition, Wise indicates it could be done in the next few years with 10 billion a year in funding; we all know this will never happen.

I am motor complete after 9 1/2 months, so my likelihood of gaining any foot/leg movement is
remote. However, if an effective treatment (Dr. Houngyun for example?) could restore some motor control, I would let physical activity do the rest and probably get back on my feet. At 46 years of age, I ain't got 20 years to wait.

02-05-2003, 10:06 AM

tman,

I'm waiting for Dr. Hongyun Huang's information. Depending on what he publishes,(hopefully soon) $100K might be able to buy you back some function.

Chris Chappell · 02-05-2003, 12:00 PM

Curtis, Jeff you're right.

tman, Schmeky, I hear ya. It reminds me of my conversations with the Craig docs (ongoing I might add) where they keep on telling me that "Chris, you can't buy your way out of your injury". To that I say "Not yet, but soon".

However, depending on your level of desperation and urgency there are experimental 'cure' procedures available as you guys know like Kao, Cheng, Russia, Tijuana, etc. How effective are they? Well therein lies the problem doesn't it.

Besides surgery I think that pharmacologically there may be some breakthroughs within a year or two.

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02-04-2003, 08:34 PM	#2
bent Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 109	tman- Where and how can 100k give someone a fix? I myself have access, please point me in the right direction.

02-04-2003, 11:56 PM	#3
Curt Leatherbee Moderator Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Florida Posts: 9,338	I know people who are worth millions and still are paralyzed. You still cannot buy your way out of a Spinal Cord Injury. "Life is about how you respond to not only the challenges you're dealt but the challenges you seek...If you have no goals, no mountains to climb, your soul dies".~Liz Fordred

02-05-2003, 01:29 AM	#4
CLC379 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: oklahoma Posts: 2,335	bent if you got 100k i can invent some kinda fix no guarantees and no refunds

02-05-2003, 06:24 AM	#5
Jeff Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: North Brunswick, NJ, USA Posts: 6,858	It depends on the completeness of your injury. If you're incomplete then $100K buys some fine rehab equipment and the free time to use it. Even CR with an ASIA A injury is ow considered ASIA C. If he had started out ASIA C he no doubt would be walking by now. If you're a complete or near complete injury then your $100K won't go as far. You'll still need the finest equipment, or lots of time at a rehab place like PW or Arnie's clinic. But you'll also need to gamble on some kind of experimental cure therapy like a cell transplant. Will Ambler had a little more than $100K and a strong desire to be cured. You know the route he's taking. He's hiring researchers and trying to get some definitive results in rat. That could be because he didn't feel there was anything currently available that would give enough return to be worth the investment. So, he's trying to develop a combination therapy that will do just that. I agree with Curtis. I think it's still a little early for us to be able to buy our way out of a spinal cord injury. I think that day will come, however. And unfortunately we'll be reading the success stories of the wealthy while the rest of us anxiously await the day that the health care system makes the same thing available. Yet, that will be a glorious day in another respect. There will be a proven therapy we can present to the world and to our government and medical leaders. Hopefully, the cure will then reach the masses in short order. Until then, I advise those with the money to get an FES bike and really take care of their bodies. ~See you at the SCIWire-used-to-be-paralyzed Reunion ~

02-05-2003, 08:26 AM	#6
tman Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 104	Therapy does not help me. I work 12 hours a day for my money. My goal is to buy my way out of this chair. I am as complete as they get I got nothing but maybe a little sensation in one spot.

02-05-2003, 08:42 AM	#7
Steven Edwards Administrator Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Acme Labs Posts: 15,530	I would do like Will Ambler and donate the money towards research I believe in. -Steven

02-05-2003, 09:15 AM	#8
Schmeky Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: West Monroe, LA, USA Posts: 3,398	Jeff stated: "I think it's still a little early for us to be able to buy our way out of a spinal cord injury. I think that day will come, however". I think so too, however, the recent spat of cure predictions leaves me a little cold. Wise says 3-20 years, Miami Project says 20, CR says 2-3. I addition, Wise indicates it could be done in the next few years with 10 billion a year in funding; we all know this will never happen. I am motor complete after 9 1/2 months, so my likelihood of gaining any foot/leg movement is remote. However, if an effective treatment (Dr. Houngyun for example?) could restore some motor control, I would let physical activity do the rest and probably get back on my feet. At 46 years of age, I ain't got 20 years to wait.

02-05-2003, 10:06 AM	#9
Guest Posts: n/a	tman, I'm waiting for Dr. Hongyun Huang's information. Depending on what he publishes,(hopefully soon) $100K might be able to buy you back some function.

02-05-2003, 12:00 PM	#10
Chris Chappell Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 7,035	Curtis, Jeff you're right. tman, Schmeky, I hear ya. It reminds me of my conversations with the Craig docs (ongoing I might add) where they keep on telling me that "Chris, you can't buy your way out of your injury". To that I say "Not yet, but soon". However, depending on your level of desperation and urgency there are experimental 'cure' procedures available as you guys know like Kao, Cheng, Russia, Tijuana, etc. How effective are they? Well therein lies the problem doesn't it. Besides surgery I think that pharmacologically there may be some breakthroughs within a year or two.