Leslie’s SCI Blog

At your own risk

May 1st, 2007

Well if anyone out there wants to take their own life China is the place to go, all you have to do is cross the street. Even though the little walk sign is lit up its more of a guidline than an actual rule. Its kinda like playing frogger (I just dated myself) buses, cars, motorcycles etc. still turn corners without a look or a thought. Pedestrians DO NOT have the right of way. I think dodging traffic is learned at a very young age as it doesn’t seem to bother anyone else. I myself have not attemped to cross the major streets just some minor ones. I think I’ll stick to right hand turns. Driving is another “fun” experience. 3 lanes during rush hour quickly turns to 6 lanes. The white lines on the roads are clearly for decoration as most cars drive in the middle of them until they see what direction best suits their needs. I don’t get it, there must be some sort of secret driving code. A few of us went to a restaurant/shopping district called SeaWorld, which takes about 20 minutes. We booked a cab and wow. I didn’t count on the way over but on the way back it went something like this: We almost took out 2 pedestrians, 3 bicycles…one bike had 3 people on it, a dozen or so smaller taxi cabs, and just as many or more buses almost sideswiped us, the grand finale was a U turn across 3 lanes of traffic into the hospital drop off zone. Were going again tonight….wish me luck.

My doctor paid me a vist yesterday morning to take a peek at my MRI’s I had brought with me, he decided I should have another and so he said he would arrange it for me and left. 10-15 minutes later one of the translaters, Ping Ping, came and said ‘ok lets go for MRI’ I would have waited at least 6 months in Canada. They took me in right away, no wait even in the radiology department….amazing, so this is what efficiency runs like. However in the MRI tube thingy was the foulest smell, a cross between bad BO and dirty feet. But done and back in my room in approx 40 minutes…..impressive.

Well on a more somber note I had my 2nd spinal stem cell injection yesterday and again was rolled in a ball and when it was over got another smack on the butt and the nurse said ‘ok all done’ then patted my leg and said ‘you straiten’…..I replied ‘kinda part of why I’m here lady’ she understood and because I not allowed to move myself she preceeded to try and position me flat on my back. Well you would have thought I was a 10 ton beached whale with all the grunts and groans coming out of her…..all I could do was shake with laughter, it was hilarious. And today only a small headache, as long as I don’t move my head to quickly its fine. much better than last time.

Miss you all very much

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