I’m Home
I’ve been home a week now, I’m trying to keep up the exercises I was doing in China. This is not so easy now that your time is taken up with so many extra responsibilities. It took about 4 days for me to slowly get into some exercises and I really sucked. It pays to do them every day. I could hardly lift my legs when the opposite hand was in the air. My walking on the treadmill with no hands has deteriorated as well. I obviously wasn’t strong enough before I stopped exercising for a few days. A few exercises I haven’t been able to continue as I haven’t got parallel bars set up or a rocking board. My boys are having a great time throwing the ball to me but I’m always that bit more timid than I was in China as I always knew Garry was behind me to catch me if I started to fall. I don’t think I push myself as hard as I did in China, Wang was good at gauging whether I could do more or not.
On a better note, I’ve been home a week and haven’t fallen once, I organised and cooked for 11 adults and 11 children on Friday night (a surprise birthday party for Garry), took both my boys to swimming training on Saturday morning (by myself) as Garry was too hung over, walked down the Church this morning to recieve Holy Communion albeit a fair bit wobbly and I didn’t get sick or a cold as some people have after returning from stem cell treatment in China.
If there is anyone out there who would like some information on my treatment my email address is garrylane@bigpond.com. You will have to put something in the subject area to make me read it, as usually I will delete any emails where I don’t recognise the name.
I’ve read blogs of those who are still in China and Chuck a spinal cord injury patient can now move his toes. Keep up the hard work guys!
2 comments February 4th, 2007
