May 7, 2020
Elon and Joe, I am a quadriplegic. I had a C5 spinal cord injury on June 18th, 2018. I’m paralyzed and have no movement in my fingers, triceps, or anything from the chest down. I can feel pressure in some places, but have no sense of temperature when it comes to below my injury. I have no bowel or bladder function either. Apart from that, I’m currently 20 and a freshman at Indiana University. Is there anywhere I can try and petition or sign up to help you with the trial? I am healthy and young with a sharp mind and I’d be willing to assist in any possible way I can. I also have a few questions, you reference the device interfacing into the motor cortex of the brain, but the injury is in the spinal cord which is not part of the brain. The information transmitting from my motor cortex is still working because I can still move my head and shoulders but not my legs because my spinal cord’s neurons being damaged is what is blocking the information from my motor cortex. So I’m confused on how it would repair limb functionality in quadriplegia based on the brain alone. My twitter is josh_fugate13 please reach out if you can! Thank you!
Elon and Joe, I am a quadriplegic. I had a C5 spinal cord injury on June 18th, 2018. I’m paralyzed and have no movement in my fingers, triceps, or anything from the chest down. I can feel pressure in some places, but have no sense of temperature when it comes to below my injury. I have no bowel or bladder function either. Apart from that, I’m currently 20 and a freshman at Indiana University. Is there anywhere I can try and petition or sign up to help you with the trial? I am healthy and young with a sharp mind and I’d be willing to assist in any possible way I can. I also have a few questions, you reference the device interfacing into the motor cortex of the brain, but the injury is in the spinal cord which is not part of the brain. The information transmitting from my motor cortex is still working because I can still move my head and shoulders but not my legs because my spinal cord’s neurons being damaged is what is blocking the information from my motor cortex. So I’m confused on how it would repair limb functionality in quadriplegia based on the brain alone. My twitter is josh_fugate13 please reach out if you can! Thank you!
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