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| 'I Feel a Lot Better Than I Did': Sick Waterloo Man Traveled to China for Stem Cell Injections |
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| Samedi, 05 Juillet 2008 08:00 | |||
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There are no translations available. Source: Business Week Doctors prescribed medication to control Marquis' tremors and ease other symptoms. The doses kept rising as his condition worsened. By last fall, he was taking dozens of pills a day. Marquis did extensive Internet research before arranging for stem-cell treatment at Tiantan Puhua. One of his doctors called it a "scam." Another predicted it would paralyze or kill him. Marquis concluded stem-cell research had fallen victim to "politics," with a lucrative pharmaceutical industry exerting too much influence on politicians and the medical community. "I just told Bill it was up to him," said Brunkhorst, 63, of Waterloo, a retired factory worker with four children and nine grandchildren. "It's your body. You know the circumstances. If you want to go (to China), I'm with you." Have pizza, will travel Before leaving town, Marquis and Brunkhorst placed a special order with their favorite restaurant, Papa Vito's in Waterloo. Owner Gerry Geoppo half-baked three large pizzas and froze them. Marquis packed them in dry ice and put them in a suitcase with three roast-beef sandwiches. The couple stopped in California on the way to Beijing and shared the food with Hoffman's family. But they saved one pizza for China as a publicity stunt. "Now (Geoppo) can say his pizza has gone all the way to China," said Marquis, who took photos of nurses and other hospital staff with a Papa Vito's box. Marquis and Brunkhorst did plenty of sightseeing on their trip. They visited Tianamen Square, the Forbidden City, the Temple of Heaven and the Great Wall of China. They didn't like the food at Chinese restaurants but loved a five-story Wal-Mart store in Beijing with escalators for people and shopping carts. Their favorite attraction was Pearl Market, an indoor mall with massive inventories of electronics, furniture, clothing and jewelry. "It's five floors high, and the fourth floor is nothing but pearls," Brunkhorst said. "You can bargain for everything. You can say, 'I don't want it,' and walk off, and they'll come running after you, grab your arm and pull you back (with a better price)." Contact reporter Teri Maddox at Cette adresse email est protégée contre les robots des spammeurs, vous devez activer Javascript pour la voir. or 345-7822, ext. 26. To see more of the Belleville News-Democrat, Ill., or to subscribe, visit http://www.belleville.com .
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| Mise à jour le Mardi, 08 Juillet 2008 01:35 |