Archive for January 1st, 2009
I arrived in Qingdao on 29 of December 2008.
Sophia my daughter supported me to the Pudong Airport Shanghai. Then I was walking by myself to the gate. It was a slow walk and I have to use my walking stick like I do during the last 8 weeks. Some Chinese people helped me to pass the moving stairway and to clime up the gangway to the aircraft. In Qingdao I was the last one to keep the luggage from the luggage belt but there was also one guy how helps me to keep it. Then Amanda from Beike picked me up and it was an easy going because I was supported the whole time.
For every thing I need a lot of time because I can walk only very slowly and care full. My hand power is quit low and I get problems to open some cola bottle or open some packages. To take a shower is hard work because I can’t move my arm up so high and also is difficult to reach my back or my feet’s. To close a shirt with buttons is a special work also to close the central button of my jeans. No power at all. Typing on the laptop becomes more difficult because my fingers are not longer so flexible and I’m an IT guy. That hurts a lot.
After the first 3 Day’s with physio therapy, electro wave therapy, acupuncture and 1 stem cell injection (IV) I fell quit good and walking becomes a little better depending on the PT. The staff and doctors are great in this place and you get always a helping hand and nice conversation. Thanks’ a lot to all members from my 8th floor.
January 1st, 2009
Hallo Zusammen,
was für ein Tag, bin echt platt. Habe gestern noch bis ca 1.00 Nacht wach gelegen und konnte nicht schlafen. Der Doc meinte das ist ein gutes Zeichen nach der Injektion und ich war heute Morgen auch voller Elan. Dann folgte der übliche Ablauf : Frühstücken und Kaffe bei myself zubereitet, PT, EWT, AK dann Mittagessen. Heute mal vegetarisch, ist ja auch mal gesund. Heute Nachmittag noch mal zur PT und mit Sandgewichten an den Beinen Treppe auf und ab und über Hindernissstraße. Danach ist erstmal ein kleines Brake notwendig gewesen. Bin dann auf die Idee gekommen mir was Gutes zu tun, nämlich Massage. Amanda hat mir auch eine Adresse gegeben und den Knaben unterwiesen, mich an der Straße abzuholen. Hat auch alles wunderbar geklappt und ich lag dann in einem kleine Raum fertig zur Präparation. Ok, ich bin eigentlich kein Weichei, aber einige Stellen hat der Knabe getroffen, das auch ein Indianer mal einen Stöhner loslässt. Im Prinzip war er sehr vorsichtig, aber wenn keine Muskel mehr da sind bzw. eh schon weh tun, kommt das richtig gut. Habe mich jetzt nach einer Stunde etwas erholt und mein spicy beef ( scharfes Rindfleisch in Gemüse) verdrückt. Kacke, (Kaka auf Chinesisch) das war echt scharf. Aber der Tag hatte auch was Gutes. Habe von Amanda zu Neujahr 4 Flaschen Tsching Tao dunkel bekommen, also das lokale Bier. Bin am Überlegen, ob ich die auf einmal trinke (kleine Flaschen, dafür einmal richtig angeduselt) oder ob ich eher auf Raten trinken soll. Mal sehen, wie es läuft. Wollte mit Amanda heute zum Dinner, aber sie musste noch eine Patienten aus Rumänien für Zimmer 7 am Flughafen abholen. Vielleicht kommt sie ja auf ein Bier noch vorbei.
Ich glaube, ich schaue noch etwas CSI und geh dann ins Bett. Frohes Neues Jahr noch mal.
Uwe
January 1st, 2009
I have been several times in Shanghai. I started 2003 when my boss asked me to develop and support the German IT system for our partner company SKS (Shanghai Krupp Stainless).
Thank you by this way to the best company ThyssenKrupp and to my Boss Mr. Bransmoeller to give me the responsibility for the IT software engineering.
During my work in shanghai I meet a beautiful famous actor in my living hotel. Her name is Cat and she has a marvellous voice. After some journey’s I took my German college Martin with me to shanghai because he asked me to support me by the project and I was thankful for his help. He and Cat becomes a couple and we all become friend.
The project finished in 2006 but we still kept in contact. When my wife died in August 2008 after a heavy tumour (lymphoma) my daughter Sofia und my brother Jörg pressured me to go to shanghai for vacancy again. I still got my illness (ALS) witch was also diagnosed in July 2008. The symptoms started in December 2007 but I never kept in my mind that I got such kind off disease. After one trip to Mobile, Alabama USA in May 2008, I recognized that I could not follow my colleges at the airport by the fastened they were walking. So I went to my doctor and after a short research he sent me to hospital for check out. These were not good news what I got.
So my brother Jörg, Sofi and I travelled to Shanghai in October 2008. It was a good time and Cat, Martin, Jörg and Sophia take care off me the whole time because my walking was not really in balance and my muscle power increased a lot. I used some traditional Chinese medicine with the helping hands of Cat and she bought a magazine witch she never bought before and found some article of the Qingdao Hospital working with stem cell treatment. She got in contact with the doctor of the hospital and I sent my documents to the facility supported by Matthew (Thank you for your help).
I flew to Shanghai on the 15 December 2008 and travel to Qingdao on 29 December 2008.
My daughter Sophia supported me during my stay in Shanghai and she also will visit me in Qingdao. Thanks to Cat and Martin for the room and rest in shanghai and also to my entire friend from Coconut Bar Shanghai.
January 1st, 2009
