{"id":4707,"date":"2024-04-22T18:03:43","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T17:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7k7vnobgalx.preview.infomaniak.website\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=4707"},"modified":"2025-07-14T21:19:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T20:19:45","slug":"onward-blog-a-life-changing-yearly-reminder-with-scott-chesney","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.onwd.com\/en-uk\/blog\/onward-blog-a-life-changing-yearly-reminder-with-scott-chesney\/","title":{"rendered":"ONWARD Blog: A Life-Changing Yearly Reminder with Scott Chesney"},"content":{"rendered":"<section data-block_739ba751c5a3f076810e2d91bea86d83 class=\"hero-split hero-split align bg-white w-full\">\n  <div class=\"max-w-[220rem] mx-auto w-full flex flex-wrap relative  pt-[10rem] lg:pt-[19rem] \">\n    <div style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.onwd.com\/wp-content\/themes\/onward\/public\/images\/hero-gant-line.71fd67.svg);\" class=\"bg-lines h-full absolute w-full top-0 left-0  bg-no-repeat\"><\/div>\n    <div class=\"flex flex-col justify-between pb-40 md:pb-0 lg:min-h-[90rem] w-full md:w-1\/2 relative px-10 md:pb-20 pt-20 lg:px-20 xl:px-40 xl:py-30\">\n      <div class=\"flex items-start flex-1 max-w-screen-md relative\">\n        <div class=\"mb-40\">\n                      <h1 class=\"text-5xl xl:text-6xl text-secondary font-semibold hide-br-moblie mb-14 lg:mb-20\"><span class='color-alt'>A Life-Changing Yearly Reminder<\/span> with Scott Chesney<br \/>\r\n<\/h1>\n                    <div class=\"flex flex-col items-start flex-1\">\n                          <p class=\"text-2xl xl:text-3xl text-secondary font-light max-w-screen-lg mb-14 lg:mb-20\">\n                Hello and welcome to <span class='color-alt'>ONWARD Journeys<\/span>. This is our multimedia blog that shares the latest spinal cord injury (SCI) research, advocacy, and stories. We will explore the various journeys taking place in this ecosystem &#8211; from research developments to personal breakthroughs. We will bring you these highlights through articles, video interviews, and first-person narratives from changemakers making a difference in the SCI Community.\n              <\/p>\n                                  <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"flex flex-col items-start max-w-[60rem] relative\">\n                  <h3 class=\"text-lg xl:text-2xl font-semibold text-secondary mb-8\">By Scott Chesney <\/h3>\n                              <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"w-full md:flex-1\">\n      <div class=\"bg-white pb-16x20 md:p-0 md:h-full relative md:rounded-tl-5xl overflow-hidden\">\n        <div style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.onwd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Scott-Chesney.jpeg);\"  data-rellax-speed=\"-1\" data-rellax-desktop-speed=\"-4\" class=\"rellax bg-cover bg-no-repeat bg-center absolute inset-0\"><\/div>\n              <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<style>\n  .hero-split .bg-lines {\n    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text-white lg:mt-16 max-w-screen-lg relative\">\n          While there are some anniversaries that we cherish and treasure forever, an anniversary of one\u2019s spinal cord injury is not one of them. <span class='color-alt'>Each year the date of our accident, injury, or when our illness began that resulted in paralysis, is mentally etched in our minds forever.<\/span> We will never forget where we were, who was with us, how old we were, and what specifically happened (if we can remember that moment as there are some who can\u2019t) to us on that day. \n        <\/p>\n              <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n<style>\n  .lines-bg {\n    background-size: cover;\n  }\n\n  .lines-bg:before,\n  .lines-bg:after {\n    content: \"\";\n    position: absolute;\n    z-index: 0;\n    width: 100%;\n    left: 0;\n    height: 8rem;\n    transition: 0.2s;\n    pointer-events: none;\n    \/*makes the linkes behind clickable.*\/\n  }\n\n  .lines-bg:before {\n    top: 0;\n    background: 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does one do on his or her SCI Anniversary? It really does vary based on the individual person and what one is feeling on that date. Some will try to ignore it because it is just too painful to recall that moment and while they may come across that way, it is impossible to truly ignore the memory of that day. There will be others who will head in the total opposite direction, go out with a few friends, and mark the occasion as almost a celebration for being alive. And then there will be some, who may spend the day in isolation, recalling as many details as possible as if it happened yesterday. There is really no wrong way of handling the anniversary of possibly the most traumatic experience in one\u2019s life.\n        <\/p>\n              <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n<style>\n  .lines-bg {\n    background-size: cover;\n  }\n\n  .lines-bg:before,\n  .lines-bg:after {\n    content: \"\";\n    position: absolute;\n    z-index: 0;\n    width: 100%;\n    left: 0;\n    height: 8rem;\n    transition: 0.2s;\n    pointer-events: none;\n    \/*makes the linkes behind clickable.*\/\n  }\n\n  .lines-bg:before {\n    top: 0;\n    background: linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(var(--theme-bgFade), 1), rgba(var(--theme-bgFade), 0));\n  }\n\n  .lines-bg:after {\n    bottom: 0;\n    background: linear-gradient(to top, rgba(var(--theme-bgFade), 1), rgba(var(--theme-bgFade), 0));\n  }\n\n  @media screen and (max-width: 767px) {\n\n    .lines-bg:before,\n    .lines-bg:after {\n      height: 4rem;\n    }\n  }\n\n  .text-block .color-alt {\n    color: var(--theme-altColor);\n  }\n<\/style>\n\n\n<!-- TODO MARKUP -->\n\n<div style=\"--theme-bgFade: 250, 82, 91; --theme-altColor: #313335;\" data-block_cd78f6a3cd54fdb18159ce9f3c2d9279 class=\"text-block text-standard align bg-primary w-full\">\n  <section class=\"w-full relative\">\n          <div style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.onwd.com\/wp-content\/themes\/onward\/public\/images\/gant-bg-primary.ad8d87.svg);\" class=\"lines-bg h-full absolute w-full top-0 left-0 bg-top md:bg-center bg-no-repeat\"><\/div>\n      <div class=\"max-w-screen-2xl mx-auto px-10 py-20 md:p-20 lg:p-40\">\n                        <h2 data-aos=\"fade-in\" data-aos-easing=\"ease-in-out-cubic\" data-aos-duration=\"300\" class=\"text-5xl lg:text-6xl font-semibold hide-br-moblie text-white relative\">&#8220;There is really no wrong way of handling the anniversary of possibly the most traumatic experience in one\u2019s life.&#8221;<\/h2>\n            <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n<style>\n  .lines-bg {\n    background-size: cover;\n  }\n\n  .lines-bg:before,\n  .lines-bg:after {\n    content: \"\";\n    position: absolute;\n    z-index: 0;\n    width: 100%;\n    left: 0;\n    height: 8rem;\n    transition: 0.2s;\n    pointer-events: none;\n    \/*makes the linkes behind clickable.*\/\n  }\n\n  .lines-bg:before {\n    top: 0;\n    background: linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(var(--theme-bgFade), 1), rgba(var(--theme-bgFade), 0));\n  }\n\n  .lines-bg:after {\n    bottom: 0;\n    background: linear-gradient(to top, rgba(var(--theme-bgFade), 1), rgba(var(--theme-bgFade), 0));\n  }\n\n  @media screen and (max-width: 767px) {\n\n    .lines-bg:before,\n    .lines-bg:after {\n      height: 4rem;\n    }\n  }\n\n  .text-block .color-alt {\n    color: var(--theme-altColor);\n  }\n<\/style>\n\n\n<!-- TODO MARKUP -->\n\n<div style=\"--theme-bgFade: 255, 255 , 255; --theme-altColor: #fa525b;\" data-block_31d992e0604e45a152dafc54d6ad08c5 class=\"text-block text-standard align bg-white w-full\">\n  <section class=\"w-full relative\">\n            <div class=\"max-w-screen-2xl mx-auto px-10 py-20 md:p-20 lg:p-40\">\n              <h2 data-aos=\"fade-in\" data-aos-easing=\"ease-in-out-cubic\" data-aos-duration=\"300\" class=\"text-2xl lg:text-5xl font-semibold mb-14 lg:mb-16 text-primary relative\">It was just my time<\/h2>\n                      <p data-aos=\"fade-in\" data-aos-easing=\"ease-in-out-cubic\" data-aos-duration=\"300\" class=\"text-xl lg:text-3xl font-light mt-14 text-grey lg:mt-16 max-w-screen-lg relative\">\n          As for me, the 38th Anniversary of my SCI will be on December 28, 2023. I remember the day when paralysis began like it was yesterday. As a 15-year-old sophomore in high school, my life was all about movement, pushing boundaries, and living life as a teenager to its fullest. Just three days after my family and I had celebrated Christmas, I awakened to a numb, big left toe the night after a high school basketball game.  My toe felt like the pins and needles one experiences when a part of his\/her body falls asleep. Thinking nothing of it, I went to basketball practice and within 48 hours that numbness went up my left leg, up my right leg, and left me paralyzed, unable to move and feel normally, from my belly button down to my toes. There was no accident, no injury, and no physical trauma. <span class='color-alt'>It was just my time. I would find out months later that I was born with an arterio-venous malformation (AVM) in my spinal cord that could have never erupted, erupted when I was 5 years, 55 years old, etc. at 15 years of age, just as I was stepping into my manhood, paralysis would become the most traumatic experience in my life.<\/span><br \/>\r\n\n        <\/p>\n              <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n<style>\n  .lines-bg {\n    background-size: cover;\n  }\n\n  .lines-bg:before,\n  .lines-bg:after {\n    content: \"\";\n    position: absolute;\n    z-index: 0;\n    width: 100%;\n    left: 0;\n    height: 8rem;\n    transition: 0.2s;\n    pointer-events: none;\n    \/*makes the linkes behind clickable.*\/\n  }\n\n  .lines-bg:before {\n    top: 0;\n    background: linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(var(--theme-bgFade), 1), rgba(var(--theme-bgFade), 0));\n  }\n\n  .lines-bg:after {\n    bottom: 0;\n    background: linear-gradient(to top, rgba(var(--theme-bgFade), 1), rgba(var(--theme-bgFade), 0));\n  }\n\n  @media screen and (max-width: 767px) {\n\n    .lines-bg:before,\n    .lines-bg:after {\n      height: 4rem;\n    }\n  }\n\n  .text-block .color-alt {\n    color: var(--theme-altColor);\n  }\n<\/style>\n\n\n<!-- TODO MARKUP -->\n\n<div style=\"--theme-bgFade: 245, 245 , 245; --theme-altColor: #fa525b;\" data-block_3a389ad8a978b210a1495f71995abdc8 class=\"text-block text-standard align bg-grey-100 w-full\">\n  <section class=\"w-full relative\">\n            <div class=\"max-w-screen-2xl mx-auto px-10 py-20 md:p-20 lg:p-40\">\n              <h2 data-aos=\"fade-in\" data-aos-easing=\"ease-in-out-cubic\" data-aos-duration=\"300\" class=\"text-2xl lg:text-5xl font-semibold mb-14 lg:mb-16 text-primary relative\">I will be grieving<\/h2>\n                      <p data-aos=\"fade-in\" data-aos-easing=\"ease-in-out-cubic\" data-aos-duration=\"300\" class=\"text-xl lg:text-3xl font-light mt-14 text-grey lg:mt-16 max-w-screen-lg relative\">\n          Having focused more on the positives that paralysis has brought into my life for the past 37 years, there is a different direction in which I will be taking in acknowledging my anniversary this year\u2026I will be <span class='color-alt'>grieving<\/span>. As this has been one of the most challenging years of my life, I have finally begun focusing on my mental health. You see, when I became paralyzed I did not address the mental and emotional effects that paralysis undeniably delivers. I just could not go there. I just put my head down and plunged forward, doing everything I needed to do to manage paralysis, physically. Physically, I have been very vigilant in my care with very few complications and secondary conditions.  Unfortunately, mentally and emotionally, I have suppressed everything that 15-year-old had every right to feel\u2026<span class='color-alt'>until now.<\/span><br \/>\r\n\n        <\/p>\n              <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n<style>\n  .lines-bg {\n    background-size: cover;\n  }\n\n  .lines-bg:before,\n  .lines-bg:after {\n    content: \"\";\n    position: absolute;\n    z-index: 0;\n    width: 100%;\n    left: 0;\n    height: 8rem;\n    transition: 0.2s;\n    pointer-events: none;\n    \/*makes the linkes behind clickable.*\/\n  }\n\n  .lines-bg:before {\n    top: 0;\n    background: linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(var(--theme-bgFade), 1), rgba(var(--theme-bgFade), 0));\n  }\n\n  .lines-bg:after {\n    bottom: 0;\n    background: linear-gradient(to top, rgba(var(--theme-bgFade), 1), rgba(var(--theme-bgFade), 0));\n  }\n\n  @media screen and (max-width: 767px) {\n\n    .lines-bg:before,\n    .lines-bg:after {\n      height: 4rem;\n    }\n  }\n\n  .text-block .color-alt {\n    color: var(--theme-altColor);\n  }\n<\/style>\n\n\n<!-- TODO MARKUP -->\n\n<div style=\"--theme-bgFade: 255, 255 , 255; --theme-altColor: #fa525b;\" data-block_fbdfeac4046e7ba26d112611cf557897 class=\"text-block text-standard align bg-white w-full\">\n  <section class=\"w-full relative\">\n            <div class=\"max-w-screen-2xl mx-auto px-10 py-20 md:p-20 lg:p-40\">\n              <h2 data-aos=\"fade-in\" data-aos-easing=\"ease-in-out-cubic\" data-aos-duration=\"300\" class=\"text-2xl lg:text-5xl font-semibold mb-14 lg:mb-16 text-primary relative\">I am trusting the process<\/h2>\n                      <p data-aos=\"fade-in\" data-aos-easing=\"ease-in-out-cubic\" data-aos-duration=\"300\" class=\"text-xl lg:text-3xl font-light mt-14 text-grey lg:mt-16 max-w-screen-lg relative\">\n          So, on December 28th, I will continue my grieving period in which I have learned is a combination of sadness and anger. The sadness and anger that not only the 15-year-old had every right to feel, but those same emotions which this 53-year-old has been feeling. There is never a wrong time to go back to the drawing board, to do whatever it takes to make peace with the past and heal. Normally, when we hear the word \u201cheal\u201d we think of physical healing. <span class='color-alt'>Well, as I have learned, the mental and emotional healing is just as important as physical healing, if not more.<\/span> Please know that while \u201cgrieving\u201d probably sounds very depressing to many people, to me it is liberating and again, healing. I am trusting the process, a journey that is taking me to all new depths mentally, emotionally, physically, and spiritually.<br \/>\r\n\n        <\/p>\n              <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n<style>\n  .lines-bg {\n    background-size: cover;\n  }\n\n  .lines-bg:before,\n  .lines-bg:after {\n    content: \"\";\n    position: absolute;\n    z-index: 0;\n    width: 100%;\n    left: 0;\n    height: 8rem;\n    transition: 0.2s;\n    pointer-events: none;\n    \/*makes the linkes behind clickable.*\/\n  }\n\n  .lines-bg:before {\n    top: 0;\n    background: linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(var(--theme-bgFade), 1), rgba(var(--theme-bgFade), 0));\n  }\n\n  .lines-bg:after {\n    bottom: 0;\n    background: linear-gradient(to top, rgba(var(--theme-bgFade), 1), rgba(var(--theme-bgFade), 0));\n  }\n\n  @media screen and (max-width: 767px) {\n\n    .lines-bg:before,\n    .lines-bg:after {\n      height: 4rem;\n    }\n  }\n\n  .text-block .color-alt {\n    color: var(--theme-altColor);\n  }\n<\/style>\n\n\n<!-- TODO MARKUP -->\n\n<div style=\"--theme-bgFade: 250, 82, 91; --theme-altColor: #313335;\" data-block_49a3df22bb432033f42dce74da47e24a class=\"text-block text-standard align bg-primary w-full\">\n  <section class=\"w-full relative\">\n          <div style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.onwd.com\/wp-content\/themes\/onward\/public\/images\/gant-bg-primary.ad8d87.svg);\" class=\"lines-bg h-full absolute w-full top-0 left-0 bg-top md:bg-center bg-no-repeat\"><\/div>\n      <div class=\"max-w-screen-2xl mx-auto px-10 py-20 md:p-20 lg:p-40\">\n                        <h2 data-aos=\"fade-in\" data-aos-easing=\"ease-in-out-cubic\" data-aos-duration=\"300\" class=\"text-5xl lg:text-6xl font-semibold hide-br-moblie text-white relative\">&#8220;I am trusting the process, a journey that is taking me to all new depths mentally, emotionally, physically, and spiritually.&#8221;<\/h2>\n            <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n<style>\n  .lines-bg {\n    background-size: cover;\n  }\n\n  .lines-bg:before,\n  .lines-bg:after {\n    content: \"\";\n    position: absolute;\n    z-index: 0;\n    width: 100%;\n    left: 0;\n    height: 8rem;\n    transition: 0.2s;\n    pointer-events: none;\n    \/*makes the linkes behind clickable.*\/\n  }\n\n  .lines-bg:before {\n    top: 0;\n    background: linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(var(--theme-bgFade), 1), rgba(var(--theme-bgFade), 0));\n  }\n\n  .lines-bg:after {\n    bottom: 0;\n    background: linear-gradient(to top, rgba(var(--theme-bgFade), 1), rgba(var(--theme-bgFade), 0));\n  }\n\n  @media screen and (max-width: 767px) {\n\n    .lines-bg:before,\n    .lines-bg:after {\n      height: 4rem;\n    }\n  }\n\n  .text-block .color-alt {\n    color: var(--theme-altColor);\n  }\n<\/style>\n\n\n<!-- TODO MARKUP -->\n\n<div style=\"--theme-bgFade: 255, 255 , 255; --theme-altColor: #fa525b;\" data-block_cabe0e5978d6e11c3f072754da91186a class=\"text-block text-standard align bg-white w-full\">\n  <section class=\"w-full relative\">\n            <div class=\"max-w-screen-2xl mx-auto px-10 py-20 md:p-20 lg:p-40\">\n              <h2 data-aos=\"fade-in\" data-aos-easing=\"ease-in-out-cubic\" data-aos-duration=\"300\" class=\"text-2xl lg:text-5xl font-semibold mb-14 lg:mb-16 text-primary relative\">We will be back with more ONWARD Journeys, so stay tuned! <\/h2>\n                      <p data-aos=\"fade-in\" data-aos-easing=\"ease-in-out-cubic\" data-aos-duration=\"300\" class=\"text-xl lg:text-3xl font-light mt-14 text-grey lg:mt-16 max-w-screen-lg relative\">\n          *The ONWARD<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Medical ARC<sup>EX\u00ae<\/sup> System is cleared for use only in the United States. The ARC<sup>EX<\/sup> System is intended to deliver programmed, transcutaneous electrical spinal cord stimulation in conjunction with functional task practice in the clinic\u00a0to improve hand sensation and strength in individuals between 18 and 75 years old that present with a chronic, non-progressive neurological deficit resulting from an incomplete spinal cord injury (C2-C8 inclusive). 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                                              <li class=\"splide__slide\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onwd.com\/en-uk\/blog\/onward-blog-bringing-clinically-meaningful-products-to-the-sci-community\/\" target=\"_self\"> <article class=\"card-hover bg-white h-full flex-col flex rounded-[2.4rem] h-full overflow-hidden \">\n      <div class=\"max-h-[52.5rem] overflow-hidden\">\n      <div class=\"pb-4x3 relative overflow-hidden w-full max-h-full\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"absolute w-full h-full object-cover\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onwd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Anne-e1701385835861.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"flex-1 flex flex-wrap flex-col gap-2 p-14 pb-30 relative \">\n          <h4 class=\"text-2xl font-semibold text-secondary\">Bringing Clinically Meaningful Products to the SCI Community<\/h4>\n              <h5 class=\"text-md order-first font-light text-primary\">ONWARD Team Stories<\/h5>\n              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