Paralyzed woman finishes London marathon in 16 days

I know a lot of us sit around feeling sorry for ourselves but if this story doesn't rekindle your belief in the strength of the human spirit....


"For five years, Claire Lomas hasn't been able to walk, hasn't been able to feel her legs. But that hasn't stopped her.

She was once a professional horse rider, her blond hair flowing underneath her white riding cap. But in 2007, a freak accident paralyzed her from the chest down.

She spent all her time in a wheelchair, at least until January. That's when she started walking again, thanks to a $75,000 bionic suit.

"It's amazing after five years of sitting down to be back on my feet," she said earlier this year, "and it's fully weight-bearing and I can walk in it as well."

Each time she steps forward, her suit hisses a sound not dissimilar to Robocop. The ReWalk and two canes support her, and the suit senses when she wants to walk and shifts her weight for her. But it's not easy. Each day, when she started, she could take only 30 steps. Every moment was a chore, and because she couldn't feel where she standing, she always feared falling over.

But that didn't stop her, either. Lomas set out to walk 55,000 steps – or 26.2 miles. She set out to run the London Marathon. "

Full story here at abcnews.com

http://abcnews.go.com/International/paralyzed-woman-finishes-london-marathon/story?id=16304503#.T6qrj4Hsbdx

kind of puts most of our problems in a different perspective.......