Tag: Neuralink

Well, now I’ve done it.

I know that many of you will have negative opinions on what I’ve done, but you likely don’t live in a body that has permanent paralysis. I’ve been closely following the progress of Neuralink and have been amazed by the results so far. So, I finally decided to sign onto their patient registry,something that recently became available for Canadians. Now, the wait begins for them to start working with hemiplegia patients. The fingers of my right or non-paralized hand are crossed that it will be sooner than later.

No matter what you think about Elon Musk, it’s not like he’s performing the implantation. I trust that he has hired competent people who have expertise in the field. I have to trust that because, on August 24th, it will be 9 years of living with paralysis and if you have any idea of what that’s like, you’ll cheer me on .

The piece of myxoma tumor that lodged in my brain is still non operable, so I don’t have another option to get use of my left arm and hand back. As for my left leg, I would be walking without a cane and an AFO by now if I only had some trustable balance and more energy. So, I’m hopeful that the chip might address balance issues as well .

It’s still early stages, and they aren’t working with hemiplegia patients yet and I don’t want to be the first one, so it will probably take 5 to 10 years before I’m even notified, and I can change my mind at any point of the process, but there’s hope and that is more than what I have had.

Watch “Neuralink 2022 Update Is Here – Human Trials Coming!” on YouTube

I’ve been following news about Neuralink for the past couple of years and have been very impressed with what it may be capable of doing for me specifically. The fact that I’m dealing with hemiplegia, which means that my left side is permanently paralyzed because of the massive stroke I had nearly 7 years ago. Most stroke survivors are able to recover relatively quickly from their paralysis while in hospital those people have hemiperesis, which is a temporary problem, temporary meaning more than a month but less than a couple of years. I watched from my hospital bed so many people walking out of the hospital and I really hoped I would follow them but I’m still having to use a power wheelchair, because it’s my entire left side, arm included. So you can imagine why this news is exciting to me.

I don’t want to see your opinions about Elon Musk as a person or a business owner. I realize he’s a controversial guy. I also don’t want your advice regarding the fact that I don’t want to live out the rest of my life this way. It’s my life, not yours. So if you don’t have anything positive to add to the discussion please remain silent.

I’m posting this for others, like me who are also excited by the possibility of being able to use their entire body again or possibly the first time.