Day 29 11/13/08
Had the day off. Way too much time on my hands. I went shopping for gifts today with Jack, wanted to pay him but he refused. Spent too much time on my feet, and didn’t get everything I wanted. Carolyn told me I looked in the wrong place. I’ll have to go back Saturday between PT and acupuncture.
Last spinal tomorrow, and frankly, it’s anticlimactic. I seem to have lost the big gains I’d made. I realize that fatigue or Valium might be the culprit, but I don’t know.
Also, the spinals don’t seem to have the immediate effect that the IVs do, so perhaps I should be looking down the road apiece. It’s discouraging when you can’t do what you could 5 days ago. But I’m coming back, and fortunately, the regression only involves balance and walking. More energy, no dizziness, and better speech are good: I’m just a little greedy, I want it all.
14 of us descended on the Holiday Inn buffet tonight, and we had a blast. There is a camaraderie among people facing these challenges and those helping them that may be like soldiers on the front. I’m not sure, having never been in the military. It is like being on a team, banded together in a common cause. I’ve made friendships a lot quicker than I have in the past. My father often told me, “we’re all in this together”, if I never quite got that, I do now.
Anyway, we ate too much, drank too much (those of us who could) and generally enjoyed getting out of Camp Stemcell. Got to see my friend Michael, the maitre d’, one more time. It was a going away dinner for me, Jim and Carolyn, and Debbie and Emma. We all leave in the next 4 days. Between tomorrow’s spinal, and Saturday’s packing, I won’t be going out again, but I won’t forget this place, or these people.
Well, since this is starting to sound like an ad for Bermuda Tourism, guess I’ll call it a night.
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