bertabobbie
New member
I am an expat from the U.S. living in Merida, Yucatan with my husband and dog. DH and I retired early because my MS was affecting my work and clients. We are/were both lawyers. I applied for SSDI a little over three years ago and was approved in less than three months so I guess I really qualified.
I have four grown children living all over the world, from Chicago to San Francisco [and occasionally Israel] to Shanghai. No grandkids, yet.
After having weird unexplained things going on healthwise for years I had my first definite relapse in 1999 and the second a couple years later. From that point on it has been a gradual decline with no relapses so I consider myself to be Secondary Progressive. I have needed a cane fulltime for about five years and have many other problems that I don't feel like getting into right now.
The important thing is that on June 13, DH and I flew to San Jose, Costa Rica to begin a four week stem cell treatment program. So far, I am a success story. After only two injections of umbilical cord stem cells my balance started to improve and I am now walking fairly well and do not need a cane. I can reach down to the floor to pick things up and stand up again all by myself. I can sit on the floor and get myself back up. My only problems are on stairs but even that is getting better.
I'm sure I will be posting a lot in the future and some of you may know me from other fora.
Roberta
I have four grown children living all over the world, from Chicago to San Francisco [and occasionally Israel] to Shanghai. No grandkids, yet.
After having weird unexplained things going on healthwise for years I had my first definite relapse in 1999 and the second a couple years later. From that point on it has been a gradual decline with no relapses so I consider myself to be Secondary Progressive. I have needed a cane fulltime for about five years and have many other problems that I don't feel like getting into right now.
The important thing is that on June 13, DH and I flew to San Jose, Costa Rica to begin a four week stem cell treatment program. So far, I am a success story. After only two injections of umbilical cord stem cells my balance started to improve and I am now walking fairly well and do not need a cane. I can reach down to the floor to pick things up and stand up again all by myself. I can sit on the floor and get myself back up. My only problems are on stairs but even that is getting better.
I'm sure I will be posting a lot in the future and some of you may know me from other fora.
Roberta