By Shive Prema and Josh Hanrahan For Daily Mail Australia
Published: 18:25 BST, 9 April 2019 | Updated: 02:06 BST, 10 April 2019
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A wheelchair-bound man who suffered a spinal-cord injury after a horrific accident at the beach has shared a heartbreaking post revealing 'not being able to walk' isn't the worst part of being quadriplegic.
Scott Hoare was swimming at Coogee Beach, in Sydney's east, in 2016 when he dove off a sandbank into what he expected would be deep water.
But the 31-year-old had underestimated the ocean's depth and hit his head on the sand bed, snapping his c5 vertebrae.
On Tuesday, Mr Hoare told his social media followers how he ended up back in hospital with serious burns to his legs after he spilled scolding hot coffee on his lap.
Not being able to feel the pain, he didn't realise his mishap until 12 hours later.
'I've said it plenty of times in the past, but if the worst part of a spinal-cord injury was not being able to walk, I'd probably be able to deal with that just fine,' he said.
Scott Hoare, 31, was forced to get a skin graft to treat burns he suffered while returning from his local cafe two weeks ago. He is pictured with his wife Angie
BEFORE AND AFTER: The before picture (left) shows gauze used as an initial treatment for Scott Hoare's severe burns. A skin graft (right) was used to treat Mr Hoare's burn
Mr Hoare explained he had gone on his normal morning coffee run before he put his insulated cup on his lap and pushed himself home on his wheelchair.
'The lid wasn't on right and the coffee seeped out onto my leg, but I couldn't feel
