Nothing New to Report

We are pretty much at status quo with nothing new to report. Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. We had a quiet one here at home with the girls.

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Personally, I just think any recovery is going to take a very, very long time. Steve has had MS for 23 years now and it has been a very long, slow decline. Even if it takes that much more time, going the other direction, it will be worth it. To look at Steve, he does not seem any better, other than maybe his coloring. It certainly seems that he is not getting worse, although any type of exertion really does wipe him out. Right now, it is very hard to gauge, because we are all getting over a bad stomach virus. Anytime Steve gets anything like that, it takes him a while to get over it. He bought a recumbent, stationary bike about six weeks ago. However, he hasn’t ridden in more than a week, due to getting over the stomach bug, as well as busy schedules with the kids.

He did recently read a post from a guy named Shah, on the stem cell section of the MS Board. He went to Israel and has posted a great deal on that thread. Shah said that the improvements seem to start in the trunk of the body and then move to the extremities. He also said that it takes time. This would be in-line with what we see with Steve. Very slight improvement overall with bladder function, less twitching in his legs at night, and other things. However, it is also important to know that all of these improvements are very, very, very slight.