I agree with Huckmank,
People deal with much worse, my life was crushed, everything taken from me, and yet here I am still doing what I planned on doing before someone was reckless and broke my neck and yet they didn't have a scratch on them.
Ever wake up and realize you can't move anything from your chest down at the age of 19 and hear someone say you'll never walk again?
Or how about the extreme neurological pain when someone touches your skin or moves any of the hairs on your body it feels like a knife cutting through your skin?
How crushed would your dreams seem then? When your not thinking about the future because your deciding if you still want to even stay alive let alone finish your schooling.
Luckily I am walking again and have recovered exceptionally from where I started but I know several people who didn't.
People who have to breathe through a machine and talk through typing the rest of their life, and yet they still went to grad school despite all their misfortunes.
Is life unfair? Hell yes it is, feel lucky you don't deal with what other people have to deal with every day of their life.
So before you think your life sucks or life is unfair, google all the side effects of what Spinal Cord Injury will do to your body and feel happy you can live a normal life.
Sorry if this sounds harsh but it had to be said, I hear too many people complain about the littlest of things and can't believe its happening to them. I can't believe I'm not getting into my grad school of choice! ahh life is over!
and my JD at 33! So try not to feel too down on yourself, it's never too late to recover and do well. Maybe you could do your MS at a less prestigious dept, excel and then apply to do your Ph.D. at a more highly regarded university.
