Boy, I hope...

Sunday, December 18, 2010…

Crap!  Burned my hand again this morning after Mass!  Every time I walk with a cup of coffee I spill it all over... even if it is only half of a cup.

One of the hopes I have after receiving adult stem cell therapy is to be able to carry an open cup of coffee without burning myself.

I hope to be able to walk smoothly and in a straight line.

I hope I can walk stairs while carrying something that takes both hands.

My son was a cross-country runner in high school.  Because of my MS, my legs do not have the strength or coordination to jog, let alone run so I couldn't run with him on his training runs. 

I hope that I can run again.

I hope to be able to lift my leg and step into the bed of my pickup instead of turning around, sitting on the tailgate and sliding on my butt.

I hope that I can take my son pheasant hunting and walk the fields and not just driving the truck and blocking.

I hope to be able to walk to the tree stand when deer hunting instead of having someone drive me out to the stand and then have to come get me later.

I hope to gain back my balance so I can step into a boat and not fall into it or to walk the steps at Kauffman Stadium without falling and people around me think I’m drunk.

I have lost most of the feeling in my fingers and hands and it is difficult to feel anything.

I hope to be able to type on a keyboard without watching the screen to make sure I am typing the correct words.

I hope to be able to stick my hand in my pocket and feel if I have change or if my keys are in my pocket.

I hope to be able to turn the pages of a magazine or newspaper.  I just can't feel the pages.

I hope to be able to tie my own jig on my fishing line instead of relying on someone else to do it for me.

I hope to be able to button the cuffs of my long sleeve shirt and the top button on my shirt without always relying on my wife to be around to do it for me.

The roof of my mouth and the left side of my tongue is numb causing me problems with saying some words correctly.

I hope to quit biting my tongue and cheek!!  It's getting really sore.

I hope to be able to articulate words better again.

I used to have a great memory and could remember things in detail but now I sometimes feel like I walk around in a fog.

I hope to remember the things that I have done a few times at work without having to ask coworkers how to do it again.

I hope I can remember all the items I went to the store for so I don’t have to continue making another trip back to the store.

These are just a few of my frustrations.  I hope that the therapy helps eliminate some of them.

Some of the people that have had stem cell therapy at Stem Cells For Hope in Tijuana have seen some amazing progress…

One young lady that I have communicated with was misdiagnosed with Lupus for over 10 years.  Then, she lost her eyesight in her left eye and was diagnosed with Relapsing and Remitting MS.  Over the next two years she slowly digressed to a point where they said that her MS may have progress into Secondary Progressive MS.  She had severe fatigue, cognitive issues, numbness in her extremities, lack of coordination in her limbs, blindness in her left eye and constant pain.  All of this left her unable to work.  The standard medical treatments for MS here in the US were no longer working for her.  So in February of 2010, she elected to go have stem cell therapy in Tijuana.  During the week there she said she was completely in awe of her physical improvements.  Since receiving her treatment, she has seen a dramatic improvement in her quality of life.  Her limp has disappeared, her pain has subsided, the numbness is gone, she has far less fatigue and her vision has returned!  After going to the eye doctor, the tests showed that her left eye has 20/30 vision.

This is my hope.  To get back what I have lost and to return to what I used to do and that I took so much for granted.

God Bless!