A woman who survived a near-deadly skydiving accident has shared the reality behind her life-changing spinal cord injury. The Queensland woman has since documented her recovery with an unexpected legion of fans and candidly revealed some of the intimate symptoms of her injury, including bladder incontinence. I think because I can walk, people tend to think that I have completely recovered from my spinal cord injury,' Emma said. The self-confessed adrenaline junkie openly explained to her followers that her spinal cord injury means she can hold hold around 100ml of liquid. She suffers from 'neurogenic bladder', a little known after effect of her affliction which interrupts communication between the nerves in the spinal cord that control bladder function.

Source: Daily Mail November 20, 2017 03:33 UTC