The suicide stats for spinally cord injured people are 8 times higher than in the General population.
That may be a US statistic but I imagine it’s similar elsewhere.

The most common method is gun shot.
The readily available gun in a huge number of American homes makes it easier to select this as the way out.
After all, climbing up a high building/ bridge/cliff whilst sitting in a wheelchair isn’t really an option.

My daughter, Lily, had awful news this week. Her rowing coach went missing on Tuesday night, whilst on the river near Putney.
His upturned boat was found, but he is missing and presumed dead.
As someone that spent so very many hours on the same river, I feel closer to this tragedy than many would.
Although I didn’t know Michael Hill, I feel so very upset by his loss.

My partner Sel had his brain tumour removed last Tuesday.
Today he heard that the op was not a complete success in that it has not rid him of the tumour, and he will need radiotherapy next.
My heart goes out to him, and to all those that love him dearly.

Today I spoke to the father of a young guy that I saw in the gym, his paralysed legs strapped to an FES bike.
Like so many here, he’d injured himself diving into water.
I asked how long it had been.

June 13th was the reply. Chillingly the same date as my own catastrophe.