Day + 14 Really! Are you ready for the final countdown?

Is it actually possible that as a girl who grew up in the 1980’s, I didn’t truly appreciate how much effort those boys put into making their hair look so good?  They sure were pretty, and their hair was flawless!  Well here, we are in the home stretch again so to speak, and I thought this 1986 song by Eruope, “The final countdown” was especially appropriate as I start to gather my things and get on home.  It was been a long ride, but a good one.  Thank you to all of you who have joined me on this journey.  Click on the Youtube link to see the video.  Enjoy.  🙂

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So tomorrow is Wednesday!  I go home on Thursday at zero dark thirty!  So really if you wanted to stretch it, I kind of leave tomorrow!  Well that is under some new fangled twisted version of common core math I’m sure.  Either way I am wheels up at 10:30am on Thursday October 29th headed back to California!  I can’t wait to see my family and friends.

That’s not to say there is not still much to do.  There actually is.  Now that my friend Barbie is here, I have to make sure she gets a chance to see the city, and get some of her things done before we leave.  My big objective for tomorrow is to completely unpack and repack.  I will be leaving behind anything I find unnecessary to my trip home.  I did bring some things that I probably could have done without.  I also did not bring some things that I could desperately needed.  I do have a small stash of food that I am happy to donate to anyone who will have it.  Some patients here do live on chips. I just can’t do it.  Although I think I am down about 12 pounds since I have arrived, trust me, it is not a conscious effort.  I have actually been trying to eat what they have been giving me.  I figure they know what they are doing and are trying to give me nutritious food.  So I eat it.  With the exception of the tongue.  But at least I did try it!

So yes, tomorrow I will dump all of my things onto my bed, and repack my suitcase in an organized fashion as possible.  I really don’t think it will take me very long.  Although one of the things I am having my friend Barbie do, is to go to the local flea market.  It is a really great little place to get gifts for people back home.   I hope she doesn’t get too carried away.  I think space wise, we will be fine.

Tomorrow will also be my last consultation with Dr.Federenko.  We will go over my history again.  We will also talk about my treatment progress and how he feels I am doing.  I see him every day and he always has very encouraging things to say, I am hoping for more of the same.  I have to admit, it’s a little weird to be the last of me team here in Moscow.  Bill left yesterday and Kim left today.  Thankfully, I had Barbie here to keep me company.  But I am just about to bust out of this place anyway.

The last couple of nights I have been awoke with extreme bone bone to the point I didn’t even know what it was. I took a little precaution tonight. I took the shot of meds now, and if I have problems later, I will take some pills. Lets just say I hope the shot does the trick. I don’t think I can sleep through that again. And I really hate being the guy who buzzez at 3am. I really do. but after the last two nights, trust me I will hit that buzzer if I have to.  Trust me!

From my previous  talks with Dr. Federenko, He feels that I am a good candidate for this procedure of he would not have accepted me.  The new information I did not have prior to coming here was that I had two new lesions on my spine that were now shown in previous MRI’s within the last year.  That alone, he said made me a good candidate.  He felt I would have a complete beefiet from this treatment.  We will talk tomorrow.  And although one can never predict the future, I’m holding on to that thought and I and ready to leave Moscow and “Let it all Go!”