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I'm a T12 paraplegic from a motorbike crash 4 years ago. Since my accident i've been setting up and running an organisation that raises funds towards spinal cord injury cure science. We'll get there.

In the meantime, what's your exact spinal cord injury? I'm glad you have a positive attitude, but don't let it fall into false hope, it's worse. Trust me i know.

BTW I have to challenge if you allow me:

I know a lot of redditors don't believe in God, but I believe He saved me that day. If anything would have happened differently I would be dead.

Why not think "if anything would have happened differently, I wouldn't be injured at all"? Why put you and your loved ones through this suffering?

Get well mate.

Whatever floats your boat I guess. If you ever want to get into science (it's pretty messy to understand at first) or you need to talk/ask a spinal buddie, drop me a message, i'll help. GL

Forgive me if I sound like a prick, it's the ignorance talking. Where I live (Spain) only MD's manage 'risky' stuff like anesthetics and other 'good stuff.'

I'm unsure how it works in the states, but here medical doctors study for 6 years in med school and then at least 4 more years (study + residence) exclusively in the field they could access according to their grades. Anesthetics is a tough one.

I have plenty of experience being a regular patient with chronic neuropathic pain. Anesthetists not only 'put me down' but also manage my pain meds and were spot on from the beginning on what I needed to reduce the non-mechanical pain (they saved my fucking ass).

I don't glorify MDs at all. As a 'pro' patient you learn to see through the white coat. But someone with your training would look to me like an enhanced nurse who wouldn't leave me at ease in any of those two cases. How wrong would I be?

but here medical doctors study for 6 years in med school and then at least 4 more years (study + residence)

Those last 4 years are technically med school but you are always in the hospital mentored by the experienced.

The majority of MD's need 10 years before earning their "title". MD's getting into anesthesiology I don't know for sure, it's one specialty of many. It's at least 6+4 years, but they do something more than they fellow MDs so it could be 11 or 12 years.