StemGenex News

This is just very exciting stuff happening .... moving forward for a change.
Below a very promising outlook and to my friends at StemGenex a well deserved kudos!!!

http://www.stemcellstherapy.me/stemgenex%E2%84%A2-on-the-forefront-of-adult-stem-cell-based-therapy-for-alzheimers/

Wishing you all a wonderfully relaxing evening.

In Love, Peace and Light
et

This too ....

Happy Monday to all!!

Just got this link in my email ....
This too, VERY promising on the big picture level. :)

http://pharmabiz.com/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=72188&sid=1


as for the other stuff .... this too shall pass ..... hoping, praying, meditating to try and keep some sort of balance and grounding .... oh, and baking cookies!!!! I will have cookies coming out of .... well ... hehehe .... 'tis the season and I know just a handful of folks who will be happy to get thier hands on them.

Have a wonderful week!!
Go slow, take things as they come .... enjoy the ride.

In Love, Peace and Light
et

Looking Up

Good Evening All,

Been a couple of heart-wrenching emotional days. While trying to work myself out of some fresh grief and major head fog, I was reading through the news and found this very promising article on some big stepping stones.

http://vitals.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/11/18/15246299-new-approach-could-treat-ms-other-autoimmune-diseases?lite

I wish all a peaceful and comforting evening.
Have a safe and healthy week and PLEASE ... be kind to each other.

In Peace, Love and Light
et

So much to say ....

Hello .....


... and so little brain power to get it stated.

With that being said, I apologize for not making more posts in recent months.  I just really have been struggling to grasp the entire concept of what has happened to me, and what I have had to do to move forward in a manner in which I can be comfortable .... and safe. Yes, safe!!! I have done some pretty bone-head things in recent months ... I could tell, but REALLY stupid!!! I make, even myself, dizzy at times.

I continue to have memory, focus issues .... can't complete a thought, or worse, loose it mid-whatever. It is frustrating ... not only for me, but for those few who have dealt with me on a closer level (this is few) in recent months. I cannot thank these souls enough for hanging with me. Somehow knowing when I stop breathing, or full blown panic sets in for what would have most likely never phased me prior. I have had to open many little windows to get the chi flowing again ..... mind, body, spirit. I hope someone understands...??

My body still hurts ... mostly my right hand, wrist, arm .... nerves in my neck somehow connected to nerves/tendons in my wrist ...etc .... the surgery in which my neurologist has been asking about for 6 months may have to happen soon. I just don't know how, (lost my health insurance in August) .... the longer I let it go, the more likely permanent damage may result.  This is frustrating due to the fact I am right-handed!!! So this has made for some really amusing tweaks in how I do things .... ya know, like in the kitchen or bathroom ... LOL!!! I am working on the restoration of my humor .... but at times, that too, has been a real reach.

SO much going on that I am trying to cope with and not always anyone to help me .... or ask... ??? .... I still have that stupid sense of pride ... hehehe ... but I am making progress, I have had to adjust how excited I get about which accomplishments, having had to lower, in my opinion, how hard something should be. (I hope that made sense?)

I am going to sign off .... but know that in my recovery, I try to share some of the exciting things I see happening in the stem cell arena. THIS IS VERY EXCITING SHIT!!!!!!! and I am so genuinely thankful that it is, and some of the people I have met, continue to spark a light in my eyes, and in my heart for the things they are trying to accomplish.

Peace, Light, and well-being to all!!!
et

CONGRATS!!!!

Happy Friday ....

Some exciting news to share (I think so) on the recent Nobel Prize winners.

http://www.highlighthealth.com/health-news/pluripotent-stem-cells-and-the-nobel-prize-for-medicine/

How exciting ... and a step forward on the world stage.

I wish you all a wonderfully relaxing  and peaceful weekend!
Be well ... be good to each other.
Peace and Light
et

Stem Cell Awareness

Some exciting stuff on this Stem Cell Awareness Day!!!

http://www.stemcellday.com/SCAD_Events.html

Copied this from my FaceBook wall. I wish I could have pulled the graphics too, not on top of my electronic knowledge these days.

Enjoy the info!!!
Peace and Light
et

Is 10k hits making a difference...???

Happy Hump Day!!

Uhhhggggg ..... is my current sentiment on the subject.
Just wanted to post a little blurb.
I hit 10,000 hits to my page here ... it only took 3 years!!! LOL
I don't know what anyone else thinks, but to me, this has been quite a ride.

I never in my wildest dreams envisioned that my words would draw the attention of a world-wide audience!! I hope that some of my postings have been informational on a few levels, some just bitching about the world, family, etc. Most of all, the education, awareness, and happenings on Type 1 diabetes and the use of stem cells and the future they hold for folks like me, and SO MANY others.

Many Thanks, and my deepest appreciation for coming back!!!

Enjoy the day!!
Be good to each other!!
Peace and Light
et

Sunday ... the end of another month.

Glorious Sunday to Everyone!!!

Just an interesting post I found in my email this morning.

http://www.delmarvanow.com/article/20120930/NEWS01/309300017/Expand-use-adult-stem-cells

Not much happening with this girl today. I over-did the physical activity yesterday outside, with the help of my 4-year-old neighbor child .... I was completely exhausted!!!! He is cute, but they are non-stop and with my "attention" issues, he had me going in circles!!! Today, HT, Maggie, and I are just chillin' out, all having some allergy issues. Will go out and do a little later when it cools off ... or at least that is the plan. Trying to accumulate stuff for a yard sale next weekend.  An attempt to clear my chi, for all involved.

Enjoy your day, and/or evening and make it a good start to a new week.

Peace, Light, and Love
et

Day by Day

Hi Everyone!!

I really don't have a lot to report. I will try to give you an idea of what has been going on. STRESS ... LOL ... I have doing my very best to try and tend to the situations that have presented, many directly related to the aftermath of the motor vehicle accident in December.  What was told to be a "mild concussion" is now taking on the face of "most improvement happens in the 1st year" or "you may have to deal with the rewiring of that part of your brain." .... I try to focus ... but my attention span can be brief, leading to things getting overlooked, or worst, just lost, completely forgotten. EVERYTHING I do these days takes me so freakin' long that it can be very frustrating.

Other than that ... my blood sugars are a little wacky lately. I am having some tissue issues, in that, after 40 years you sort of run out of rotation spots. I have had to change my pump out a little more than normal due to the lack of delivery, which raises my blood sugars, which has lead to some skin irritations as I search my body for a small area that has not been saturated and scarred from repeated poking. Oh well ... maybe that cure is closer than I think .... I still wish, hope, and pray, especially in these past couple of months trying to relearn and tweek methods of how I do things ... like pulling weeds in the yard ... so many day-to-day tasks .... I have already done this chapter years ago, but this is a completely different type of fight for health and life.

Preparing to drive to Phoenix tomorrow. Will stay a night or two with friends ... I don't like the drive to the city anymore in large part due to the anxiety and panic of having to get there....once there, I don't want to have to rush back up the mountain, 2 hours each way. Again, there is way too much going on to type here, so ....

I hope all is well with everyone!! There has been a lot of progress and movement in the science and medicine of adult stem cells and their abilities!!! I have a 3rd treatment in my thoughts .... maybe sooner than later. I just feel that if I get a good portion of whats going on, out of the way and tended too, that I can make the ultimate most of the 3rd treatment, less stress, mastering the art of meditation and relaxation, etc


Wishing All a wonderful, relaxing weekend.
Peace and Light ... and don't forget the laughter!!!
et

This is VERY exciting!!!

This was in my email box this morning ....
This is VERY exciting stuff!!!!
This is NOT just a move forward to diabetes, but for SO much more!!!!


http://www.stockhouse.com/News/USReleasesDetail.aspx?n=8612403

Enjoy the day!!!
Peace and Light
et

News Makers

Good Morning, and happy Monday!!

Life is not all it is cracked up to be in my world these days.
I can honestly and happily report that the ONLY thing going in a positive upswing is my diabetes progress.  In all the happenings since my accident, an episode I don't think I would wish on my worst enemy, I continue to struggle with stamina, remembering, focus, learning new things ... I am reading better with my new lenses, but that is like a bad amusement park ride at times ... hahaha ... like walking!!! If my eyes hit the imaginary lines now placed, and the prisms, etc, I often fall off curbs that are not even there. Yep .... I take graceful to a whole new level .... hehehe ....

Anyway ... I am trying to cope with the loss of my health insurance, the loss of my job/career, our home being placed in foreclosure status, a low-ball offer on my injury from the other insurance company ... which just pisses me beyond anything I can put in print here .... hahaha ... not any of this funny, but ... we all know this is how I cope with distressing situations. I just can't believe every day some other totally beyond anything that should be right gestures of the world. 

What happened to face-to-face encounters??
Why must the entire world (or so it seems) be so cruel, so greedy, so out to make a buck off someone else's bad luck, misfortune, etc.
People with no real education calling the shots on someone who was intelligent, hard working, determined, .... ???

I am no angel ... however, I don't understand the motivation other than the almighty $!!
It all seems to me that money rules ... and as a result, not as much love, concern, empathy or cures to the problems or issues.

Ok ... well, let me get off the pity pot as I know all to well, that I am NOT the only person on the planet to be struggling. I have no plans, little options, and no guidance except .... "You really need to find a way to cut your medical expenses."
CAN YOU IMAGINE?!? this was the comment given to me by a credit counselor reviewing the mortgage. Next month I celebrate ... hahaha ... 40 years living wiht Type 1 diabetes .... and just when I thought I was in a place where I may be able to play a major role in such a big arena to bring stem cells to the people, I get my life taken away from me in a moment, with no notice, and no concept of what my future may hold, to be told I need to lower my medical expenses .... ok, lets start with the most expensive of my medications ... Insulin .... that costs me approximately $300/month ... without that, I am dead ..... yes, it is that simple ... and yet will be a painful death for anyone who would have to endure this outcome. I am currently on my last of the Cymbalta, in which withdrawal symptoms are literally taking its toll on my body, which in turn, strains my brain and adds undue stress, panic ..... anxiety .... I am trying to gain more info on meditation, calming myself ... Maggie actually does this really well with me. :D

Ok ... enough complaining on my part.  I have a couple of stressful encounters to tend to today ... but would like to share this mornings news on the stem cell front.

For the boys .... and I know that this issue of erectile dysfunction can affect many men who have type 1, nerve damage does some huge damage. Check out the latest application for adult stem cells ... and not male, but I can tell you that the results I have had in regard to feelings, i.e., neuropathy in my feet, the awakening of these feelings in which became so incredible clear within hours of my 1st treatment, I would love to have some feedback on men who may have had some improvement.

Check out the link below:
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/09/10/4804732/a-new-approach-to-erectile-dysfunction.html

and the last one for today ... the Stem Cell Summit!!!!
Will be held in Palm Beach in December ..... this would be a dream come true for me to attend this gathering. I would do my best to see, hear, ask questions, reap the rewards of sharing information to both the doctors/professionals and patients alike. I don't, however, see that happening for me .... but check it all out!!!!!

http://www.sacbee.com/2012/09/10/4804924/kyoto-university-icems-to-co-organize.html

And on that note ... I wish everyone a wonderful day, and, an awesome week!!!

Peace and Light ~ Be good to each other!!!
et

No words of wisdom .....

If nothing else .... I hope that those whose lives I have touched .... gives them this sort of Feel Good feeling ..... Unfortunately, currently, I seem to be running low on wisdom.  I am doing the very best with what I have to work with, and like so many in today's society, I am not the only person struggling .... we all struggle with some thing, at some time in our lives. I continue to pray for the safety and well-being of those who serve for my freedom to voice my opinions, and all those who have touched my life, past and present.

Peace and Light
et

Some Amazing Progress

Hi Kids!!

Not much new to report on my end. Overall, it is SSDD, and I am doing my best to cope and overcome the challenges which seem to present everyday at a deeper level. I don't want to give up, it isn't me. I feel like I am making a personal progress ... that sounds a little weird, but ... go with me here. :D

http://gizmodo.com/5940205/spinal-stem-cell-injections-help-reverse-paralysis

Enjoy the read, support the future and let's get rid of some of these afflictions!

Have a good day and be good to each other!!!

Peace and Light
et

I want ... and continue to wonder

No clue what day it is ... Thursday.
I wonder ...
how much outside stress and damands put on normal body/spirit is an individual to tolerate somewhat reserved .... ???

My day-to-day stress that most everyone is dealing with in today's economy, politics, terrorists, radical groups who call themselves Christians and then do and behave in the most outragous of ways toward innocent people.

What ever happened to a place of worship being a "sanctuary?"
What has happened to common courtesy, compasion for others, a love of self?
I see disrespect all around me ... I have become quiet, do I have any control to change? At one point I thought so ... now, I am not so sure.
I wonder if others could have done even the last 5 years of my life, never mind the last 10, 20, 30, or 40.

In the last 5+ years .... I lost a dear friend to brain cancer 05 (blessed to have been able to visit prior); I lost my dearest brother-in-law 6-06, suddenly a week after he took me to the airport; I flew back to the east coast after we lost his mom 20 days prior to that (an adopted, honorary grandma to my daughter since birth);  my ex-husband, 6-07 (drudged up a lot of old unresolved issues on his part I'm sure, and a hurt that my daughter had to come to terms with); I lost my uncle in 11-07, we were with him on passing, 6 months later 5-08 I lost one of my fondest and loving aunts (my mom's sister), her oldest daughter prevented me from being able to spend the last days with her after being by her side through so many uncertain tests and results. Honestly, another precisous gift to have been allowed to share that ... grief is very individual, but to be able to share in some way, the thoughts of a dying individual ... doesn't seem so harsh as losing one so suddenly, so young, with no warning and just dumbfounded with grief and question. I was absolutely devastated at the loss of my brother-in-law, it still hurts sometime, but I have such great, deep, fond, special memories and laughs. I find that very comforting despite wishing I had more time. In 10-08 I lost my mother, my best friend, my mentor, etc.   I knew it would be coming one day, but we seemed to drag out so many wonderful days, that to have been able to spend those last months, weeks, and days was beyond anything I could explain. We talked, slept, cared for her, slept with her, between Hillary and myself, we were there the entire last week of her life, around the clock, and my clearest, most precious moment of strength was when I leaned in to her, kissed her forhead, held her hands, and whispered .... "I think it's time to fly" and she released her last breath. I was numb .... but had just spent one of the most precious gifts I think a child could have. She brought me into this world, with such love, and even though we had most child/parent conflicts over the years, we always worked it out via talk, reading, music, togetherness ... I still and will forever hold these acts deep and dear to my heart. I continued to care for my father's needs for the following three years. He will be gone one year on the 18th of August. Now, in all that loss, in what to me is a fairly constant time frame, life went on in other areas. I had my own health, underwent a couple of my own surgeries, i.e., my sinuses, lymph node removal, 2 stem cell treatments, and then the dreaded day of December 13th 2011, 3 days after my daughter, who also endured all the above loss right along side me .... graduated with her degree in nursing and became an RN.

I can't remember what transpired in any one length of time, but yes, some of my memories in which have come back a bit on some levels, is fairly clear, perhaps in part to others having been with me and witnessing such behavior.

 Now, I am quiet, I am tired, I have done all that has been asked of me in regard to recovering from my head injury .... having lost my insurance the beginning of this month, no SS deciscion for another 3 months, not being able to stay on top, or even closely below the water line ... haha .... they want to take my house away from me. Let me just say this.... I realize I only have control over me ... and what I can put forth to better my day-to-day life activities, many of which have had to be reworked, finding new ways to accomadate in the absense of any help on that level.

Someone, took away my daily lifes tasks, my career, my livelihood, my personality to a point, and changed my life forever .... WITHOUT my permission .... am I, or should I have to suffer with no consequences to the other party. I often have thought how much easier this injury would be to deal with if I had more outward signs of injury ... I can't even imaging some of what our military guys are experiencing ... it should be a pretty clear indicater that there is a major issue when we see some of the news stories regarding murders of children, wives, mothers, suicides at an extremely elevated rate these days.  And ... I guess this should be my last bitch ... hahaha ... how about putting away some of the electronic devices and start looking each other in the eye when we talk/discuss such life altering matters. I am disappointed in the people of the world who only look at one class of people ... and often times ... not even remotely close to a status quo of the monetarily content upper layer. (you can tack any descriptive organization here you wish :).

Let us say a prayer this evening .... for each other, for a collaboration of spirits, with respect and love for individual pain, and the suffering of SO many families, individuals, even our animals.

wishing my entire following ... including lurkers ... a peaceful and content evening.
In good health, peace and light
et

Accept my apoligies for any ramblings ... it has been challenging at best with no one to really talk to, bounce things off of, get opinions and suggestions from those I respect and love at a point blank range. I am at a point that if you don't lay it right out there, I may not comp it very well, or miss a cue all together. Even the 4-year-old across the street messes with me ... and even he goes right over my head at times. :D I can do nothing but laugh as so much is just out of my control at this point. Therefore, if I meet my demise .... I think I would have to put large blame on my loss to the Justice system and big guys getting rich off the struggles of the little guys.

Just my opinion.
enjoy your weekend.

This is exciting !!!

Hi Everyone ...

We won't talk about me today ... However, check out this story that appeared on NPR (National Public Radio) today.

How exciting is this??? I wish they had this sort of stuff when I was in high school ... haha .... I may not have been so bored! I still feel I am not to old to learn something new everyday, it's remembering it these days that is the challenge.

http://cirmresearch.blogspot.com/2012/08/high-school-students-find-summer.html

I hope you enjoy the read and continue to strive for the cures that are out there to be had by ALL.

In peace and light
et

A couple of positive results

Happy Monday!

Just a quick update on some recent labs.
I am happy to report  that my most recent A1c as of last week came back at 6.6, down from 7.2, three months ago. I was very disappointed with my last result, but I did undergo that prednisone treatment again back in March. So 6.6 is an awesome change.
Also down are my thyroid med, my insulin intake, and my insulin to carb ratio was tweaked again to 1:16. My basal rate is down to 0.6 uph. When I started this adventure I was at 1:10 with a basal of 0.7-0.8 uph. That is a pretty significant change in numbers all around. That pleases me, and I remain hopeful that as I move along with stem cells, that the research comes flyin' in sideways!!! LOL

I am still awaiting the biopsy results from the eye lid biopsy ... I am really hoping that the chuck removed from my lower eye lid grows back ... ahhaha .. and that the lashes grow back ... I look a little wierd. :/

I will report on the next wave of tests/screenings sometime next week after I undergo an ultrasound on Friday morning...... and I continue to breathe ... if somewhat more slowly in remaining as calm as possible.

Wishing everyone a fabulous week!!!
Peace and Light
et

Todays articles of interest

Happy Friday to ALL!!!

Below you will find the links to this mornings articles I found of interest. Both very promising stuff.

I would like to take this opportunity to wish all the athletes in the London games a great experience. I love watching some of these folks and the absolute amazement of the human body. Nope, I am not an athlete, I do a great job at being a "supporter" ... LOL.

I am still waiting on lab results, and will be undergoing a screening ultrasound to check for what could possibly be an abdominal aortic anerysm ... I REALLY hope that this is NOT the case, and if it is, I am seeing a local hospital, and a God complex MD to be placed in a very disconcerning  situation. I am currently on a round of antibiotic for a sinus/head/neck infection, apparently having let it go a little to long. These days, I find it difficult at times to determine what may be one thing, or another. I was unsure of where and what the pain may have been and thought I may be able to "tough it out." So, now, I am not to be in the sun for 10 days .... does anyone have any clue how fast tumbleweeds can multiple and grow in ten days ... LOL ... my yard already looks like the jungle!!! I will attempt to mow at dusk ... otherwise, I am in for a weekend of being hunkered down here in the house, trying to accomplish some of my therapy projects.

So ... here you go!!! Some interesting reading that will affect many, many patients, and not only diabetics. I still get so incredibly irritated with the FDA. Where do they get off telling me, or anyone, that what comes from our bodies is a drug!!!???? They are holding back precious research and treatments trying to figure out how to make the almighty buck ($$$$$$$$).

http://blogs.nature.com/news/2012/07/court-ruling-fda-can-regulate-stem-cell-clinics.html

http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_stem-cell-cocktail-can-take-transplant-patients-off-drugs-in-2-yrs_1720483


Wishing everyone a wonderful weekend of contentment and happiness.

Peace and Light
et

Encouraging news on the research front

Check out this article in todays press releases on spine surgeons here in California.

http://beckersorthopedicandspine.com/spine/item/12703-20-spine-surgeons-researching-stem-cell-treatments

Some pretty exciting stuff. I continue to pray for the intelligence of those passinate about finding cures, and more humane treatments and less pharmaceuticals. I am all too aware of the need for pharmaceuticals ... without them, folks like myself, would not survive very long. Insulin, for example, keeps me alive. However, I have seen and experienced such changes that I remain a verbal advocate for the science, as it can only get better with new ideas, practices, and the data needed to move this forward.

I will try and post a more "personal" update on things going on with me currently. Since my accident, my life has been altered permanently. So much for that "Only a concussion, and it's just going to take time." Eight months or so after the fact, and now it is permanent, with all the work on me to learn new ways to remember and focus on the things I once found so interesting, I have to place myself in another realm.

There is still so much going on, doctors to report to the attorney, legal issues related to the accident, and medical coverage, which I am about to lose and waiting on decisions from SS. I had appointments with neurologist, endocrinologist, lab, PCP, and now scheduled to undergo ultra sound to determine if there is an abdominal aortic anerysm present .... some odd symptoms came about after the accident .... still, so much uncertainty, and I can do no more than do my best to cope with it all and remain alive in the process. I feel like I am making progress .... but then it is pointed out that yes, but not the sort of progress I had hoped to happen months ago ...

Think I am beginning to wander. So I am going to do a few household chores, chill out with Maggie, as she is not a big fan of monsoon season here in Arizona.

I wish all a wonderful day.
Be good to yourself, be good to each other.

Peace and Light
et

Mental Health ... article from NBCnews

Something to think about given today's society and world chaos.
 
 
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/48179749/ns/health-mental_health/?__utma=14933801.971393766.1342411340.1342411340.1342411340.1&__utmb=14933801.1.10.1342411340&__utmc=14933801&__utmx=-&__utmz=14933801.1342411340.1.1.utmcsr=(direct)|utmccn=(direct)|utmcmd=(none)&__utmv=14933801.|8=Earned%20By=msnbc%7Ccover=1^12=Landing%20Content=Mixed=1^13=Landing%20Hostname=www.nbcnews.com=1^30=Visit%20Type%20to%20Content=Earned%20to%20Mixed=1&__utmk=10588596
 
Be honest in your outlook ...
Peace and Light
et

As I begin the 49th year ....

Hi to All my WWW fans!!

Again, I will apoligize for my far and few between posts.

As I begin my 49th year of life .. lol ... yes, I was given another year last week as Lady Liberty celebrated, so did I. The comparisons between where I was a year ago and where I am now, on so many life levels ... is almost a daunting thought.

Last year .... I had a decent job, making decent money, I was content, for the most part, I dealt with the passing of my dad and the sibling chaos that followed. Became an only child ... LOL ... my health seemed to be on the upswing, in spite of a few speed bumps, and I was not as uptight about making sure my bills and such were all paid. Yes, I was no princess, not wealthy by most standards ... but I was content and happy about looking forward to what 2012 would bring me.

Today .... last week, I turned 49 ... this is the 4th birthday that came and went without my mother. Since her passing in 2008, I guess I have been running on auto pilot. Some would say I was running on AP for long before that date. In 2009, I started this blog, applied, tested, and was rejected from the NIH trial for islet transplant. Plowed on & over the disappointment to find my friends at Stem Genex and underwent my first adult stem cell treatment. AMAZING results got me to spouting off results and the oh-so-many added benefits I acquired from treatment. Since this past December, I was involved in the head-on collision, lost my new car, a good portion of my memory, on the short-term level, I have lost my decent job, decent pay, a couple of pissed off lymph nodes were removed, I am still weeding through 80 years of my parents belongings ... most all of it to be shipped somewhere else, and doing a lot of personal cleaning and disposing. My daughter became an RN, can't find a job in this area ... I acquired a hell of a case of depression .... imagine that!!!! Along with a level of physical pain which I thought I handled very well, given circumstances. I am still waiting on a settlement of some sort, while being told to concentrate on my recovery, and still under the care of multiple doctors for such.  Yet .... this just blows me away .... the added stresses of not knowing where, when, how .... no one can tell me if I will ever recover from the entire effects that have landed on me. It has taken me months to come to grips with the fact that I have no real control over this particular situation and to allow the attorney to take care of all the legal stuff while I try and figure out how to fill out a multitude of forms for multiple organizations/collectors/doctors, etc ... I am not a big fan of relinquishing my control ... LOL ... and most of all of this stress and frustrations has in some manner effected my insulin intake, blood sugars, my teeth ... OMG ... my teeth. I had a couple of teeth chipped in the accident, as well as some pain involving the grinding of them in my sleep,  and have not yet had them restored ... well .... it takes money ... and I have not, until recently had ANY $$$ coming in with the exception of some help from a friends. Without these friends, who have supported me on so many aspects of this happening, emotionally, spiritually, physically and yes ... monetarily as well. They are one of my most special blessings!! There is MUCH stressful topics to be had ... yet out of my control. It is very difficult, as I am sure so many can relate, to not stress given the economy. Along with all those reality issues .. I have the effects of all of this on my body ...

With all that ... my memory is still foggy on many levels, I confuse easily, especially if I am tired. I got these new super lenses ... lol ... I refer to them as my Mr. Magoo glasses. I can FINALLY see straight and it took 8 months for a doctor to tell me I was not crazy and there was a clear vision problem due to the accident. My new glasses are working well. I have had them since Friday ... I still am having a bit of issue in getting use to them as they are heavy on the bridge of my nose, and I am doing the exersizes told to do in order to make the vision "clear" .... which at times calls for some crossing ... it can be nauseating, and headache producing. But ... each day seems to get a little easier ... can't drive in them yet ... LOL ... I tried and it was like being on a really bad carnival ride!!! I can feel the changes happening in life ... some good, some not so much ... but for today, I was given the gift and I will utilize it to the best of my ability.

I am beginning to wander, and my face and head hurt again ... I have had no choice but to let my body direct me lately ... therefore, when it screams .... I listen!!! Regardless of how friends or HT may be hurt or disappointed by my inability to play (as in life by "normal" standars). I thank all for the support and encouragement as this has not been an easy leg of the journey .... and I feel very alone at times .... some folks have had a difficult time trying to relate to the changes in me ... I am still in here ... just a little slow on the uptake .... and when lost, most times I just sit quietly and try not to worry what was just said, or think about it too hard ... remains very frustrating for me, I can only imagine how those around me feel...??????

I will do my best to improve my postings, but in reality ... my focus isn't what it was and I distract sort of easily at times..... most times. Even though I feel I am making progress ... changes are occuring, and I am trying to be more aware .... but it seems to be an awareness of a higher caliber ....

Thanks for reading my continued rambles .... I hope to try and undergo my 3rd treatment by the end of this year .... I know, seems close, but I need to re-establish ... regenerate so many levels of my makeup ... hehehe .... I know there have been some high quality improvements with this past treatment, done right here in California, that I am confident that together .... we will gain the upper hand. Stem Genex has added some other videos of patient statements, and I am SO HAPPY to say I have met several of these people and the amazing stories they have to share on the changes and improvements they have experienced ... you can check them out on YouTube-StemGenex..... of course, you can find me out there as well!!! I was in the midst of my head injury issues when this was taped, and despite that, I hope I came across somewhat intelligently ... hehehe ... there were times when my thoughts just .... poof ... gone!!! Life is a game ... and I am still trying to play at a competative level. (I have to laugh, or I will cry).

Be well ... Be good to each other, Be good to yourself!!
Peace and Light
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