i've been having difficulty accessing the site...my big news is that two weeks ago while lying on my right side i was able to completely raise my affected arm...i have repeated this movement many times since...!!!!...god knows i needed to see some results after 4 months of 11 acupuncture treatments per week plus all the other therapies and the additional work i do on my own!...just to review, before coming here i had some movement in my affected arm but could not lift it in any way...the lifting
hi guys...wanted to share about the huge smile on my face last night and why it was there:
my friend/part time caretaker andre came over last night and we decided to see the film 'the night listener'...i loved every frame of it btw altho it may be a bit too dark for some...we had just enough time to get there before it started...i was amazed at how easeful my walking was...i was safely taking longer strides!
it was honestly the first time i sensed the feeling of functional walking the way it
hi all...stem cell rich here with an update... i have discovered another valuable post stroke treatment:
it's the first teaching hospital for traditional chinese medicine in tianjin, china...an editor from stroke connection magazine contacted me thru a mutual friend to request an interview regarding my stem cell therapy in kiev...i'll post when this interview will be published...he included a link to ruth lycke's stroke rehab story that he had previously written about...i read this article wit
hi all...i got myself into a zen state of mind over the summer now that i live 500 feet from the ocean and all the construction on my house is completed...all i wanted to do was gardening and lounge in the sun (what little there was) on my deck with my cat hOOver...several weeks ago i moved into a proactive mode and lucked out finding a trainer/pt guy on craig'slist...he's the jackpot!...i didn't think i'd ever find just the right person to work with in my new location but the gods have been kin
it's been awhile since i have blogged...more news alerts regarding the most horrendous fraudulent treatments on the planet...i made my arrangements to pursue treatment at the above mentioned hospital in january after reviewing their website: www.tcmtreatment.com and several email exchanges with it's director...'dr' ming...after arriving in this 'hospital' on april 11 it took me one hour to realize that it was a total scam...the website is the best example of photoshop i could ever imagine...it n
hi all...after six months in the 'first teaching hospital for traditional chinese medicine' here's my final words before moving on to my current therapy: net result is that my arm improved...lying on my unaffected side i can raise it in the air...standing i can raise it la-terally with bent elbow (it's too difficult to keep it straight) to about shoulder height...i could not do this prior to january...that said, there's still really nothing i can functionally DO with my arm...my shoulder is stil
hi all...on saturday june 14 i leave jfk airport for abadiania, brasil to participate in a spiritual retreat with john of god...if you have not heard of this man you can google him if you are interested...i am beyond excited, beyond my ability to put into words how i feel about this opportunity...i have read about john of god for a couple of years now but never knew how to even begin to put together a trip like this one...i should have realized that literally everything is on the internet these
goodmorning...i slept well last night knowing that my clothes were all packed...i'm a notoriously late packer...
this way feels so much better...everything else can wait a week until i return...the car is coming at 3pm to take sally and i to jfk...we'll arrive there 3 hours before the aerosvit nonstop flight is scheduled to leave at 6:55pm...i want to get there early to request seats on the emergency exit row...they have more legroom (i'm 6'3") which will make sleeping at least a possibility..
hi from over here...how great to see some comments so far...hello bonnie, asha, autumn!...i feel so far away from everyone...and i am!!!!...lol
i want to blog about the acupuncture a bit as this is the single most important modality i'm receiving for my stroke recovery altho all the treatments definately work together synergistically to manifest healing...we all receive acupuncture 11 times per week...twice/day during the week plus a saturday morning session...as this is a teaching hospital a
greetings from orlando...i'm down here going for my twice daily 02 therapy...i have only positive things to say about central florida hyperbarics located at 5423 lake howell rd in winter park...the entire staff is well qualified, professional, and accomodating in every way...and it's affordable by any standard...i'm a supporter of the science behind this therapy to help restore brain function...my treatment will end sometime next week...i'll report more about my experience with it at that time..
hi all...i experienced the returning of the extensor hallucus muscle that raises the big toe on my left foot!...this was two days ago...in today's pt session it strengthened a bit (it's a smaller muscle) and there was also some firing of the peroneous muscle which raises the lateral part of the toes/foot!...my therapist was very happy for me as he clearly saw when we started two weeks ago that there was no movement whatsoever...this brought me back to kiev when several hours after the second cel
greetings...i met with peter sidorenko yesterday for 3 1/2 hours...he provided a lot more background info about his company and the relationship that they have to the clinic in kiev and why they chose them...i'm now about as comfortable as i can be with this entire endeavor knowing more about how it operates...my understanding of what to expect has been deepened...
i've learned that there are many important aspects to this therapy: the techniques the clinic uses to cryogenically store the cel
i'm going to see my internist this week to get a letter from him stating that i have no serious underlying disease processes and that i am a good candidate for stem cell therapy...i'm still waiting for the hospital to copy my records from february and march of this year...i had sooooo many tests done...hopefully this will all be enough to get a green light from the medical board at scti...i have one issue i'd like to discuss further about exactly where all the cells will be injected...other than
season's greetings!...the scti, inc website has a brief video spot of me 1/2 way thru the story about raul's stem cell treatment in kiev on it's homepage...and for those of you interested in evaluating and analyzing the degree of dorsiflexion return in my affected foot, knock yourselves out!...i think the full interview will be available at the end of the month or early january...
i found out from ruth lycke that there will be a total of 15 stroke patients from the usa going to tianjin on janu
hi...just a brief post before i leave for class...the good news is that my left arm is showing signs of increased strength!...it was really fun to push against my ot this afternoon and feel strength!...the progress is slow but it's coming!
i have a new cardiologist who has expressed interest in my stem cell treatment...apparently there has been a series of articles in cardiac journals recently that caught his attention...i'm going for a chemical stress test on tuesday...it will be interesting
hi...stem cell rich here with another update!...i am amazed and grateful that the dorsiflexion return to my left foot has remained and strengthened!...my pt guy is really thrilled as 2 weeks ago when we first started there was no movement at all!...he suggested that i ask my rehab doctor to order a new, simpler afo that will factor in this new development!...ive graduated from my trusty quad cane to a regular cane...that quad cane served me very well but i must admit i'm so glad to be able to sa
hi from beijing...i wanted to really think about my friend bonnie's comment before responding...i do agree 101% with her that there are unethical people everywhere, in every corner of the planet without regard to race, religion or any other human classification...the important difference is that in the usa, as well as in many other countries, we have a thing called 'laws' that protect people from many, tho not all, unethical behaviors. if anyone can present a non-frivilous case against someone w
hi all...this little facility which is connected to the much larger tiantan hospital next door specializes in a neuro-science approach to illnesses such as parkinson's, altzhiemer's, stroke, spinal cord injuries and brain tumors...the big feature that attracted me was the fact that they offer neural stem cell injections...plus a daily 'cocktail' of iv treatments to complement this...these are mostly anti-oxidants and brain vaso-dilators...also they include one tcm treatment per weekday and a min
hi everybody and merry christmas/happy holidays!...what a pleasure to see how festive the website looks!...my therapy consisted of 5 hours a day of saebo exercises as well as other mat work...we had 1/2 hour for lunchand 1/2 hour rest...we started at 8am and went until 2pm every weekday...it was gruelling...thank god i had 2 friends with me doing the cimt program in the same room...the therapy there is all based on constraint induced movement therapy pioneered by edward taub, md at the universit
hello...i've been offline for a bit...post holiday blahs maybe...well to update i'm pleased thusfar with my ness l300 neurostimulator...
it noticeably improves my walking speed which feels great...feeling my affected heel hit the ground before the rest of my foot does is also a sublime feeling...i'm still perfecting the stim pad placements with my therapist to get them exactly where they will lift my foot into clean dorsiflexion not inversion, eversion, etc...i'm going tomorrow to ny pres to o
hi all...i regret very very much not having had any access to the net while i was in kiev...sorry...i just got home an hour ago and i'm pretty tired but had to get some words out to my strokenet peers!...okay...some bottom line stuff: it was a fantastic experience!...the clinic is state-of-the-art new...i thankfully learned a lot more about stem cells and how they can help stroke survivors from doctors who have been working in the field for 25 years...it's still incredibly confusing for me to un
greetings!...omg my move from the big town was a trip and a half...now that the weather is nicer i'm coming out of hibernation...not too much is so different...i'm registered to attend john of god's 4 day healing gathering at omega in ny this september and will most probably go back to brasil to the casa as well...perhaps in july...i've connected with a couple of quality therapists down here for which i'm grateful...my pt holds a doctorate in his field specializing in neural rehab...he knows wha
wednesday will be 7 weeks here...!!!!...i've put out feelers for a mandarin tutor...i can't resist seriously studying the language as i'm already immersed...an opportunity like this rarely presents...and it's a wonder- fully productive way to pass the slower hours here...a good friend from nyc is visiting...she arrives tomorrow and will stay for almost 2 weeks...how excited am i??...couldn't begin to tell you...i've become an ex-pat!...my beloved city and my beloved family friends and neighbors
jon!!!!...great to hear from you!!!!...yup i'm heading home on october 1!!!!...can not wait!!!!
i do have a bone to pick with you...i beg to differ on my 'drastic turnaround' regarding ruth lycke's china connection...i entered the program with a positive frame of mind of course...i was receiving acupuncture in nyc prior to my stroke and pursued it all the more vigorously afterwards...the comprehensive daily tcm care i received in tianjin is not available anywhere in the usa...i'll bet my butto
hi all...news from tianjin is coming to me via two spouses of survivors who are astonished and of course repulsed by the unethical treatment their partners are receiving as only the slezoid china connection can deliver...i'll tell ya, there's nothing quite like abusive behavior in another country by a stroke survivor from your own country!...karma police: we do have a 911 in tianjin, china!
i'm all resettled in my apartment here in greenwich village, new york...last saturday i had a little
