
The Men
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- Year:
- 1950
- 85 min
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(0.00 / 0 votes)That was a bad shot,
or else he was impatient.
He must've aimed for my head,
but he got me in the back.
I was scared. I couldn't feel
anything from my waist down.
I thought I was dying.
It's funny.
It's very, very funny.
Now I'm afraid I'm gonna live.
"Oh, you'll be walking again
in a couple of months,
Lieutenant Wilczek."
How many months?
I've lost count.
But let's keep it gay.
"The war's over now, and I'm
glad I'm still half alive.
I'm a lucky-"
- A fine way to treat a Silver Star.
- Turn the light out.
Good night.
You know how it is.
You read a lot of things.
You hear a lot of things.
You get a lot of misinformation
from people who oughta know better.
Okay, let's summarize
what we've learned.
Paraplegia is the result
of an injury to the spinal cord.
That break in the cord causes
immediate and lasting paralysis...
of motion and feeling
in the lower body.
In general, most paraplegic
patients will, at various times,
suffer all
of the following symptoms:
pain, muscular spasms,
bed sores,
paralysis of the bladder
and bowels.
However, all of these
may and can be controlled...
by medical therapy, surgery,
proper nutrition,
physical rehabilitation
and self-care.
Lastly, the question of walking.
In almost every case, the word
"walk" must be forgotten.
It no longer exists.
In short, most paraplegics...
must content themselves
with life in a wheelchair.
Make yourselves accept that.
It'll make it
a lot easier for them.
Well, I've talked a long time.
Perhaps there are some
questions you'd like to ask.
Doctor, my boy -
he's only 19.
I know.
But with proper care,
he may live to be 90.
Doctor-Brock, is it?
Well, this condition-
there must be some cure.
Paraplegia isn't
I'm happy to say
that in this hospital...
the mortality rate has been
less than three percent.
I didn't mean that.
Surely there must be
some way of healing it.
There must be
specialists somewhere.
Madam, there is no method
known to medical science...
for the regeneration
of spinal cord tissue.
None.
Doctor,
my husband and I,
we have a little girl.
We've always wanted
to have a large family,
but now if we could just have
at least one more for the child's sake.
Will it be possible?
Well, that's difficult to say.
In some cases, it is possible.
However, I can't discuss
your husband here.
I'll be happy to meet
with you whenever you say.
Dr. Brock, what about
the bladder and bowels?
How badly are they affected?
Most men find that they're capable
of retraining themselves...
and in time achieving
regularity in these functions.
Any more questions?
Dr. Brock.
We've been married nine years.
I thought my husband and I knew
each other as well as anyone could,
and I want to keep
our marriage going.
But... he's so changed.
He's different.
He isn't different.
He's the same man
with a spinal cord injury.
- But when I try...
- Oh, I know right now he's unhappy.
He's depressed.
dependent on others.
He says to himself,
"Im not a man any longer.
I can't make a woman happy."
ls it any wonder he finds it difficult
to adjust to the situation?
But... how long will it take?
Face it
It's going to take time.
It's going to take patience.
For you and for him.
But... will we have
anything in common now?
No more, no less
than you had before.
Dr. Brock,
if you were a woman,
would you marry a paraplegic?
Might as well just ask me
if I want to get married, period.
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