Gruner’s ALS Blog

Last day for treatment, summary

January 23rd, 2009

I got my last (6) IV Injection today and tomorrow I will fly back to Shanghai for 2 weeks before I will return to Germany. I still could keep my muscle power in the legs stable. The hand power becomes not in a bad repair but it also becomes not really better. So I think I have to do more exercises with my hands. The last day’s the fitness increased were not so much then the days before and I guess I reach a target level and it is more hard work to increase more during the next weeks. But I’m still satisfied with this level and if I could hold it for several months I would be happy. Now I feeling the curve of health go up and I find one way to fight against my disease. Without this treatment I think I’m still sitting in a wheelchair now. So if my life and my power become stabilised the next month I plan to come back to Qingdao for a further treatment in September 2009. Like the growing of stem cells inside was the friendship I found on this place over all nations. Thank you to the doctors, staff, nurses, translators and administration from the Hospital and Beike for that and your professional help.

I enjoyed everyday and I’m quite a little bit sad to leave this place witch was helpful and secure for me and my daughter. I love China and the people and I will never forget what they have done for me. If there is no more improvement for my muscle power I’m also happy to have gone this way of treatment because I think it is one option to steal time from the death and may in some times in future there will find cure against this disease. If you think about to start for this kind of treatment in future don’t’ think about what all could happened in this unknown country, think about what they could do for you and become a relationship to the grateful people of china and this wonderful country.

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