Gruner’s ALS Blog

State of health by starting the treatment

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 8^th floor.

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