The Business End

My shoes squelch, my clothes are soaked and my ears and nose drip like a tap, I'm in the deep end of the stem cell pool, its the modern day natural theuraputic springs that people treck thousands of miles for a chance to bath in the healing waters. After 2 procedures in 2 weeks and the regular 2 shots a day, I've got the stuff comming out my ears, but its all good! I was down in physio today for the first ime in a week or so and for the first time walking and standing felt like a natural thing to do, as though people do it all the time or something. I was not struggling to keep ballance with everystep and I was actually making steps not shuffling along like an old man. so we pulled out the walking stick. The walking stick is just a normal looking stick but at the bottom it sprouts out into for legs for extra stability. So we had a crack and I was only able to move one foot a little bit forward but I was able to stand ballanced just holding the stick for a minute, so thats a start. The feeling has started to come back in my feet aswell as I was able to notice my foot up against the metal bars of the bed. Feeling comes back to a plegic from the bone outwards, so now I can only feel something deep in the leg if i touch it hard, over time the feeling will come higher out to the skin and eventually a light touch of a feather may be able to be felt. This time next week it will be our last day here in India, so I'm getting excited to get home, but ofcourse it will be sad to say goodbye. I'm having drinks at the Rising Sun Hotel in South Melbourne on Saturday the 24th so hope to see you there! Cheerio