Three Months...

Ok, I’ve not been writing much lately. I’ve been real busy at work and at home while battling a couple minor but involved medical issues best summarized as similar to a cold but not at the level of the full out flu. In other words, I’ve been down a lot more than I’d like. For example, a little fever will aggravate my symptoms dramatically. Not a good thing. As you may have read here, when I was in Costa Rica, one of my IVs was administered too quickly and the resultant fever it caused and the impact it had on me, was a little scary.

I can’t report any significant changes. The information I have gathered puts the window at 3-6 months (I am at three now) and the migration of noticeable impacts from the trunk outward with time. Otherwise the ability of the process to repair my nervous system remains unknown at this point. As I have said all along, this was always something with uncertain results. And I can be confident that whenever there is any Stem Cell Therapy available for MS in this country, it will be like every MS treatment currently used, “try it and see if it works”.

But I am going to be closing out this chapter of my life soon. This opportunity not only presented me a chance for better functionality, but the time and place to start a new life. Having lived in anticipation and uncertainty for such a long time, I want to focus on what I have in front of me and what I can do now. Maybe I should have already been doing that, to a greater degree than I will, but I’m stubborn and dealing with MS means you have to be in denial sometimes, lest you give up too easily. It can also make you self centered and not much fun. To be perfectly honest, that part of the disease sucks worse than the physical part.

I’ve never been the type to pray for some divine answer to a question. God says, “I’ve given you a brain, work it out”. I’ve got some definite ideas and lots of possibilities. I’ve also got an enormous number of terrific friends and a great family (close and extended), whose love and support will be my motivation.