Dave’s MS Blog

This proved to be one of our most interesting days here so far. After Dave’s regular acupuncture and electric wave therapy, he asked Martin if he could do anything about the pain in his neck. No, he wasn’t referring to me, but to a very bad pain he got about 3 years ago while he was golfing. It has never gone away. After analyzing him, Martin put some needles into specific spots on his hands and legs. Then he drew two circles on his lower neck. Next he lit something about five inches long that looked like some type of firecracker. This is called moxie and puts off a great amount of smoke and really smells. Martin told me that I should hold the lit end about half an inch from the circles he had drawn and continue holding it until it completely burned out. It took about an hour and 10 minutes so I was glad when our friend, Linda, from Tennessee offered to take over for me. After this was completed Martin put a needle in at the base of Dave’s neck and put a cup over the entire needle in order to do cupping back there. After that, Dave said his neck felt so much better. This morning he said his neck feels really good and he is so glad that he asked Martin about it! We are really liking some of the traditional Chinese medicines and will look for someone in the Chicago area who has this type of knowledge. Too bad we couldn’t just bring Martin back with us, but he has a brand new girlfriend here so I don’t think he wants to leave.

Mrs. Martin did Dave’s entire physical therapy program with him today without any help from Martin. (She even wore his long white lab coat to help give her credibility with Dave). Dave’s balance has improved so much as he does his exercises – we (he) will definitely continue doing them at home! This is so important in helping train the stem cells in what they are to be doing.

We had a bit of a celebration in the evening as Martin planned a night of singing at a nearby Karaoke Club. These clubs are very popular over here and are like beautiful palaces inside, with many separate rooms to be reserved for groups. It was like a going away party because next week, there are at least 12 of us who will be leaving to go back home. There were 25 of us who went