Betty’s MS Blog

Monday, June 4, 2007

June 4th, 2007

I will have my last stem cell injection this afternoon around 4:00. Then it’s back to lying flat for 6 hours. The waiting is my hardest thing.

Yesterday was a VERY FULL day. We got up at 5:00 am and went around the block to get those wonderful little sesame balls. Then we walked down the block and went to the bakery. They have such wonderful things at the bakery. We bought several things and brought them home. Then, we went to Walmart to get things for Veronica to cook. What can I say? That was the most unbelievable experience. It was like being a trader on the floor of the NY Stock Exchange. There seemed to be a million Chinese in the store when we were there. Whenever you get produce, etc. you have to go to register in the department to get a sticker put on the bag. They don’t check everything out at the register like they do at home. So there are several lines to wait in. Veronica’s luggage still hasn’t arrived, so we have had to try to find clothes here. That’s a whole lot easier said than done. We are huge, fat giants compared to these people. An 8-10 in the US translates to a 2XL here. And, that’s still tight. No larger sizes than that. Veronica’s even had a problem trying to get shoes large enough for her feet. The petite Chinese girls look at us and gesture “BIG”. They are so funny, they actually think they’re FAT. There are NO fat people in China.

Veronica cooked a shrimp etoufee last night and it was really good. Our next door neighbors (from Oregon) are so much fun; we really had a good dinner. Marty is the sister and her brother, Art, has ataxia. He is just getting here and a little skeptical (he’s a microbiologist) and so I can’t wait to see his results. The ataxia patients seem to respond so quickly to treatment. It seems that the ataxia & MS patients respond quickly, the spinal cord injuries (especially the quadraplegic ones) take much longer. It seems if the spinal cord injury is not the entire spinal cord - only a section like lower, etc. the results are a little faster. But, the results are amazing just the same. There are miracles daily here.

I’m going to acupuncture and physical therapy now and I’ll post tomorrow after my last stem cell injection. It’s around 7:00 or so in the morning here - night at home.

Love you all,

Betty

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