About me
My name is Emrah Baki Başoğlu, as known as EmBaBa. I had an accident in October 2, 2016 and my life changed completely. I took this photo below 2 hours before my accident. I lost control because of damaged road and crashed into a guardrail. The accident created two periods in my life, before and after the accident, and this photograph is the last document of the former one.
In the accident, T5 and T7 spine, and rib cage were broken and my lungs were partially damaged. Because of the spinal cord injury, there was a loss of sense below my stomach and my legs were paralyzed. I couldn’t have the surgery on that day since too much edema covered my spinal cord, so we had to wait one night.
It must have been the longest night for me. At that night, everybody had a hope that my legs would move immediately after the surgery.
The first thing I did when I was in intensive care after surgery was to try to move my feet. I couldn’t make it. I tried it again and again for one day but there was no movement.
I realized then that my life changed completely but I had no idea about this new life. On the following days after surgery, the only thing I was doing on my cell phone was to secretly search the stories of those who suffered from spinal cord injury, but the internet was filled with disappointment stories of those who were left paraplegic.
When people are desperate, they want to embrace even the tiniest things that will bring hope to themselves. Because of this, I am sharing my recovery story of spinal cord injury on my own website and social media for other patients who are looking for hope.
My only aim here is to share my own story and a few facts that medical science knows about spinal cord paralysis without exploiting emotions or trying to manipulate anyone. If you are looking for treatment, hospital or doctor name, let me tell you from the beginning, you are in the wrong place. I can’t give you any of this, but by sharing my experiences, maybe I can give you a glimmer of hope.
