Well my last 2 spinal treatments have come and gone. The first was Monday and lets just say I had a bad day. First the valium didn’t work and so was awake and felt EVERYTHING!!!! bu hao. Then got a wicked headache. The medicine they gave me didn’t work and I couldn’t sleep. The poor night nurse took my blood pressure which had tanked, even lying down 88/44 ( that was for you Chowda), and so I got another little pill that really helped with the headache and my blood pressure. Don’t know what it was, and frankly don’t care, it work and thats all that mattered to me.
My last spinal was yesterday and it went very well. No headache, no backache, and no drop in blood pressure. I couldn’t fall asleep last night to save my life but actually feel good today. So with no more spinals means no more valium………its bitter sweet 
Going to take it easy today anyway but tomorrow we plan to go out and about for the afternoon as we only have a few days left before coming home. 5 weeks really flew by but excited to see everyone back home, not so excited about the plane ride though, oh well, a means to an end.
December 13th, 2008
5 down and 2 to go. The last spinal stem cell left me feeling like I got run over by a truck……..a small truck but a truck none the less. A minor headache and a little back pain but feel much better today. The next one is Monday and then Friday and that the end. Almost at the end of this journey, its left me in high spirits but I feel so very, very tired.
Now that I’ve been feeling better we’ve gone on a few outings. One was to the Silk Market and Silk Factory……….lets just say I bought some silk It was actually very interesting, they took us through a little tour on the silk making process. They boil the coccons, take out the silk worms and spread the wet silk. The woman who works in the water with the silk is over 70 years old, they call her grandma and her hands look so young, very soft and smooth, amazing. We asked what they do with the dead worms, they use everything, and so its grounded up to make skin care products………yup I bought some of that too.
Today we took a drive up around tea mountain, absolutly beautiful and then to a pagoda that overlooked West Lake. This place is truely beautiful, I’ve never seen anything like it. I think sometimes we forget to appreciate the opportunities that happen to fall into our path, myself included. I try to remember that whatever misery life throws our way, we are surrounded by so much beauty, we only have to look to see.
Missing you but not the snow
December 5th, 2008
