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  1. #256
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    And this is where it breaks down - because my interpretation of events - which is not based on your belief system fits logically but does not mesh with your feeling. And so we will not see eye to eye.

    Ever.

    And so I suggest that we drop the subject before it degrades into a flame war.
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    feelings mutual........agreed.

    i'm outta here.
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  3. #258
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    lol.......what was it that i experienced then? an orgasm that went bad? lol
    no - just a not atypical autonomic nervous system response to an emotionaly intense situation - I've experienced similar things, for example during a "breakthrough" sitting meditation session after 4 days of 10 hr. / day meditation in a Buddhist monastery; many people describe similar things during so-called "energy healing" or full-body unwinding treatments; to a lesser degree during less intense types of manual therapy as well; the fact that your entire neuromuscular system was probably in a chronic state of holding / restriction after the trauma would explain why you had such an intense release (some say that the kinetic energy from a trauma gets "trapped" in the tissues, sort of imprinted, and that the tissues repropogate along those lines of force; they would argue that what you felt was that kinetic residue passing out of the system - I don't necessarilly buy it exactly like that, but it's not a bad way of describing it)
    I will also agree that this sort of experience can be very "healing" - sort of like a watershed event for the nervous system, has to do with the body functioning as a non-linear system: the connective tissue / fascial network is the conduit through which the sensations start locally and spread like a web; and the fact that someone put their hands on you is no surprise that it happened - our bodies are pretty smart - if they are functioning out of sync, one way they seem able to re-balance is through the use of intentioned hands on contact by another person - sort of like we are "designed" to "fix" each other on an intuitive level (yeah, a bit out there, I admit, but what ya gonna do...)

    Quote Originally Posted by hskwarrior View Post
    I don't believe in religion anyway....lol......i just KNOW what happened to me........
    (organized religion is NOT for me)
    absolutely - the experience is not at all to be discounted; all I am saying is that it is a pretty natural thing that can happen in the body, it just requires the right circumstances;

    Quote Originally Posted by hskwarrior View Post
    and in your opinion, just how did the stainless steal bars supporting my spine managed to break? by :manifestation of your own mind generated by your expectations and facilitated by your faith reinforced by your survival of a near-death injury? really?
    Frank, i've seen what happens with kids with Harrington rods after a few years off having them in - those bars can twist, break, pop off their attachments, do all kinds of crazy shiit you wouldn't think possible; and that's with skinny little kids w/CP; if you are sedentary and obese, that can place a significant strain on them as well, because sitting places the greatest amount of strain on the spine out of all positions; so the fact that they broke is not as fantastical as it might seem (although your premonition to go get another x-ray was certainly well-timed - you're right, you could have been re-paralyzed or worse)

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    ok ok......for the first time i did a search on broken harrington rods......

    so, i see i'm not the first, and that's cool. now i can stop attributing it to god.

    but check this out

    http://www.scoliosis.org/forum/archi...php/t-210.html

    however, mine never detached, the broke in half. i'm still glad they got taken out. it was a biatch sitting against hard surfaces.
    Hung Sing Boyz, we gottit on lock down
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  5. #260
    Quote Originally Posted by hskwarrior View Post
    ok ok......for the first time i did a search on broken harrington rods......

    so, i see i'm not the first, and that's cool. now i can stop attributing it to god.

    but check this out

    http://www.scoliosis.org/forum/archi...php/t-210.html

    however, mine never detached, the broke in half. i'm still glad they got taken out. it was a biatch sitting against hard surfaces.
    yeah, you wouldn't think it could happen - but I'll never forget the first time I saw what the top end of one looked like literally protruding out of someone's back (under the skin) - freaky!

    as to why yours broke as opposed to detached - it all has to do with location of stress forces, especially shears / torsions which hit the rods where they are structurally weak; beyond that, who knows...

    I am surprised that your surgeon didn't tell you that could happen, kinda irresponsible on his part, TBH...

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    no, i knew they could come detached, but i never heard of Harrington rods breaking in half and still be screwed into your spine. i mean, two pieces turned into 4.
    Hung Sing Boyz, we gottit on lock down
    when he's around quick to ground and pound a clown
    Bruh we thought you knew better
    when it comes to head huntin, ain't no one can do it better

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