http://www.chrishasms.com/blog Sun, 16 Nov 2008 15:31:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en *** I amended this since Saturday so read the last line...*** First I need to tell you all I am going to try some 4-AP to see how it helps.  I'm curious so I said why not.  I'm telling you all in Colorado, and maybe if you are nearby it may ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2008/11/15/talked-with-doc-hammond-this-week-and-foud-out-some-wild-stuff/ Read the last post for knowing why the weekend was good!  Wow did I / We need that. It was great.  Chenell and I had a 5 star restaurant all to ourselves except for one other couple.  We had the biggest booth in the place in a corner all to ourselves.  ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2008/11/10/great-weekend-thoughts-on-stuff/ I had a bit of a break down.  I needed a break.  To much for too long. I think I may be back now. So tonight Chenell and I are having a party.  Last year we had one as some of you may remember, I know for a fact one of ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2008/11/08/ok-i-am-better-and-i-should-be/ First of all I can't believe what happened over the weekend.  I checked the stats and I am absolutely astonished to see that I hit 1 million hits on my site for this year. I truly hope I have inspired many of you.  I received an email from someone in Belgium ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2008/10/20/what-a-crazy-lifeand-thank-you-alli-mean-it-really/ First off the Avs start tonight whoo hoo!  May be Thurs too lol, doesn't matter it's Hockey time! We went to a preseason game last week and we forgot the camera.  I left the wheel chair at home and I walked my slow ass to the suite, and to the bathrooms, ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2008/10/07/hockey-my-immune-system-and-my-wife/ I'm sick as hell, even called in to work today. Chris has been a big sweetie, letting me sleep, cooking me food and generally letting me rest. Unfortunately, I think I am giving this to him as we speak so his transformation into large man-child is eminent. Men become even larger ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2008/10/03/chenell-has-a-chest-cold-from-hell/ No I am not saying that.  Some of you can't do this and it sucks.  Some of you HAVE TO be where of you are.  Some of you are perfectly happy being where you are and it's to those people I don't get. I was the person perfectly happy.  I waited ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2008/09/24/if-your-pissed-the-shoe-must-fit/ Yes it is your body and it is your right to do what ever you want with it. Sorry you have  cancer.  Here is some known chemo that will get rid of it.  Go and try some clinical trial or holistic drug.  Then you can be pissed as hell when you ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2008/09/22/i-can-say-it-here/ Just had my 6 month checkup and I have nothing to report.  No new, no active, no enhancing, no, no, no, lol! I hear of these other folks who are walking better and I find myself kind of jealous.  Don't get me wrong, I am definitely doing much better, and I ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2008/09/20/ok-good-news/ September 17th would have been Chris' six month follow-up. Due to our current financial situation we will have to postpone our trip to at least December. Chris will still be getting an MRI done sometime this month and have that sent to JH for review. I am happy to report that ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2008/09/07/were-almost-at-the-6-month-point-now/ I made the mistake of reading some of the MS forums out there and what was being said about Revimmune. I tell you what...good grief lol. Keri you are a saint, watch out though that *&%$@ from that one forum (the airplane chic lol) will go after ya! My wife did ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2008/08/23/back-to-the-same-ol-same-olms-forums-or-days-of-our-lives/ Well the stitches are gone and so is the heat.  I'm very happy to report that everything is back to the way it was before.....except..... Now it seems like I can walk better than I could before I had the heat issues.  Not so much better but my endurance is much ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2008/08/11/so-i-guess-i-will-keep-getting-better/ I was supposed to get my stitches out but they said I need to keep them in a week because it didn't heal right. Before some of you start to freak: It's because I was screwing around, tripped on a cat, and landed on the hand and tore a stitch about ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2008/08/02/ughthese-damn-stitches/ Well I got my big 'ol Splint off yesterday. By the time I went to bed last night some things were already getting better. I thought my balance was all crazy but the minute...the minute that thing got off it was back to normal. It cooled down yesterday afternoon ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2008/07/24/i-know-this-bugs-some-of-you-guysmore-good-news/ I had Carpel Tunel Surgery last Wed and the 'ol hand has been a little, and I mean just a little sore. Some fascinating stuff I have noticed about the body and all of this going on. Heat sucks bad still. In Denver it has been roaring and ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2008/07/21/carpel-tunel-heat-and-permenent-damage/ It hit 100 degrees here in Denver yesterday. The temp on my thermostat in the house with the air running full blast was 80 degrees. IT WAS HOT!! It didn't really bother me!! I went outside and played with my dog and he ran into the house before I was too hot. ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2008/07/12/whew-it-was-hot/ Got a hold of me yesterday in a small little spurt. He was readmitted for a LOW GRADE FEVER which is actually pretty normal but a PIA. I think he is actually back in IPOP unless it didn't break on it's own like mine did. It's actually a ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2008/07/09/chris-s-the-old-tovaxin-guywho-is-going-through-hicy-right-now/ I hope all of you watching who belong to MS forums and are watching me read this. As you know my site is for only positive things. We talk about getting better here and how others are getting better from this as well. I refuse to go to the MS forums ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2008/07/07/done-with-ms-forums/ Just a howdy to tell all I still hate summer and the heat it brings. It still makes me feel like shit. I continue to work out and improve. Patience may be a virtue but it doesn't mean I posses a virtue either. Look at the previous post ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2008/06/29/ummmm-what-to-say/ My lovely wife just got done doing all the legwork so you folk could see the direct clinical comparisons of my MRI's before HiCy and after...enjoy! MRI COMPARISON SHOTS More news by category Topic -: Buy phentermine saturday delivery ohio Tramadol hydrochloride tablets Picture of xanax pills Free shipping cheap phentermine ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2008/06/22/new-mri-pics-to-compare/ They managed to move us up to 1pm because of a cancellation so we jumped on it. This is Chenell typing what Chris wants to say... I am having to have my wife write this right now because I am a bit emotional. I will do a post on my own at ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2008/06/18/just-back-from-appt-jh/ Tomorrow we are on our way to Baltimore for Chris' 3 month follow-up appointment. I apologize for my lack of updates as of late, it's been a whirlwind the past few weeks with my father being in the hospital and all. I am happy to say as of Wednesday he ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2008/06/16/tomorrow-were-back-on-our-way-to-baltimore/ Well we tried to get away just to go be somewhere and do something.  THBBBBBBBBTTTTTTTT!!!!! LOL Chenell's dad had his surgery on Fri night and that didn't get done until 2 in the morning.  The hospital called during the operation to make sure they could give him contrast and blood because ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2008/06/02/whewwhat-a-weekend/ Well the conference is done and as usual it was emotionally draining.  Even more so for me than usual. It used to be just the Walkaide I had to talk about but now throw in some HiCy and wow!! First and foremost the Walkaide is definitely rehabbing my leg quicker than I ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2008/05/30/whewwhat-a-week/ The next 2 days we will be at the convention for the Innovative Neurotronics to show off the WalkAide. Chris enjoys it because he gets to show people there is hope out there. He really feels it's his job to inform folk of what is out there. A woman started ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2008/05/29/staying-busy/ I have been meaning to sit down and write now for the last week or so. I know everyone is wanting to hear how Chris is doing. We have been so busy! My new full time job is as his personal assistant keeping his schedule straight and keeping track of ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2008/05/20/the-much-awaited-post/ Wow it takes a lot of people to 'rebuild' Chris! He is seeing the chiropractor 3 times a week now and started physical therapy on Monday. They gave him some exercises to do twice a day and changed his appointments to only twice a week for 6 weeks instead of ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2008/05/07/so-many-doctor-appointments-and-still-improving/ Chris must of had a lot of inflammation. The myelin damage takes longer to repair but does start the repair process when the disease is no longer attacking the body. Chris has spent a week in the knee brace and it seems to be working. His knee is less swollen than ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2008/04/27/so-the-improvements-may-have-leveled-off/ Try to say that 3 times fast! We have NOT heard anything back from the doc on the blood tests from two weeks ago so i guess his counts are doing fine. Chris is going in again next month. Today Chris saw a doctor about his right knee. They took a couple ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2008/04/21/no-news-is-good-news-and-knee-news/ Please read the last post for my improvements. I have forgotten for two weeks to post this huge, huge fact. Quit worrying about dying from this folks.  I would say I still felt better than what Avonex made me feel like. The 1, ONE, UNO death from Hicy was on a Aplastic Anemia ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2008/04/18/who-died-from-hicy/ Wow what a 30 days... er daze. In my opinion the HiCy has been a lifesaver. I'm going to list some things that have changed in my life in the last month. - I no longer wake up with numb arms - I used to take 80 mg of Lorisol / Baclofen a ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2008/04/14/ok-its-me-chrislisten-up/ Today Chris had an appointment to see his family practice doctor to have some blood taken and to make sure he didn't need any blood. We will have the lab results tomorrow and we'll then know if we need to continue doing this once every 1-2 weeks or once a ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2008/04/09/day-24-more-blood-tests/ We landed safely at Denver International Airport around 12:30pm yesterday. Even though the time went by quicker in Baltimore than we expected, it's good to be home. Chris is still very anemic and may have to get some units even though he is now home. We had to take breaks ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2008/04/03/day-18-home-sweet-home/ Wow, I can't believe it's finally done. Today we went in to IPOP for one final blood draw and to see Mindy, Chris' nurse practitioner. After they drew his blood we had to zoom over to Blalock 5 in the main hospital. That's where they took out his Hickman. The ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2008/03/31/day-15-post-hicy-hickman-comes-out/ Today we went to HIPOP to have Chris' final labs drawn. His WBC is at 1770, his platelets are at 77, his Neutrophils are 1292, and his red blood cells are maintaining at 3.59. They told me to stop most of the medications they gave Chris as a preventative against infection. ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2008/03/30/day-14-post-hicy/ We got some great news today in the HIPOP clinic. Chris' counts came back and his Neutrophils are at 1117, just yesterday they were at 245! Chris' WBC is up to 1330, platelets are UP to 19 but the red blood cells are still declining. Since Chris' Neutrophils are over ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2008/03/28/day-12-post-hicy-neuts-are-back/ Last night was a long one. We finally went to bed at 1am after Chris' fever had been gone for 3 hours. We were waiting on the shuttle to pick us up when we got a call on the hotel phone. I answer the phone and it's Donna from Dr. ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2008/03/27/day-11-post-hicy-we-got-in-trouble/ Today we got Chris' blood counts back and we were a little surprised. Chris' WBC has dropped to 100. The nurse had warned us that his numbers may bounce around. Chris' red blood cells and platelets are also down. He may be getting some units tomorrow. Chris felt really run ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2008/03/26/day-10-post-hicy/ So today we got Chris' lab results back and his WBC is on the way back up! Yesterday he was at 80 and today he is at 140. His red blood cells and platelets have yet to stop dropping. If those don't increase they will give Chris a blood ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2008/03/25/day-9-post-hicy/ We are starting to get settled in to our new routine. Brenda, the person who usually takes Chris' blood pressure, temperature, weight, and blood, is always a hoot. Then the nurse usually comes in and asks a series of questions and listens to Chris breathe. We are to bring in all ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2008/03/24/day-8-post-hicy/ From here on out I am going to refer to this as day 7, since that is how HIPOP is referring to it. It's been 7 days since the HiCy treatment. Today, Chris' blood counts dropped more. at 10:30 this morning Chris' WBC was at 90. Red blood cells are ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2008/03/23/4th-visit-to-hipop-happy-easter/ We made our third trip to the IPOP today. It's becoming rather routine now for Chris to have two vials of blood drawn every day. When they flush his Hickman IV line, Chris can feel the coolness and actually taste the saline solution. Today the nurse started Chris on the ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2008/03/22/3rd-visit-to-hipop/ Wednesday was a day of relative normality. It was nice to have a day where we didn't have to be worried about getting to the hospital on schedule. It was a good day to stay in. It rained ALL day long. I did some laundry in the hotel's guest laundry ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2008/03/20/2nd-visit-to-hipop/ Chris didn't sleep too well last night. He laid next to me tossing and turning before he decided to try the other bed. He just couldn't get comfortable. Then when he did sleep he woke up freezing cold and then put the comforter on and woke up in a puddle ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2008/03/18/1st-visit-to-hipopipop-whatever-you-want-to-call-it/ I am happy to say Chris is back with me at the hotel tonight. The doctor saw him around 10am and we were signing discharge papers at 12:35pm. Chris was very impatient waiting to get out. While we were waiting we got another visit from Carrie Trecker with Dr. Kerr's ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2008/03/17/finally-done-with-the-hicy/ I wish I could say today was as good of a day as yesterday, but unfortunately it was not. At least it is the final day of treatment. Tomorrow he is going to be released from the hospital back to the hotel. They are going to send him home with ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2008/03/16/4th-and-final-dose-of-hicy/ Today was a much better day for Chris. I knew the moment he called me at 7:25am and woke me up. He just sounded more like himself. When I got to the hospital, I could tell right away that he was feeling better. He looked better, sounded better, and was ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2008/03/15/3rd-dose-of-hicy/ Today I got to the Hospital around 10:30am. I had to wait forever for some other people to get picked up by the shuttle. It was definitely the fullest I've seen it yet. There were 6 people altogether. Usually it was just Chris and I, and more recently, just me. I ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2008/03/14/2nd-dose-of-hicy/ Wow, what a long day. I know how I'm feeling and I didn't nearly have the day Chris had. Our day started at about 6am. Got Chris up and wiped him down with those antibacterial/antimicroorganism cloths again. We called the front desk at about 7:30 to ask them to have the ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2008/03/13/so-chris-had-his-first-dose-of-hicy-today/ I'll get to that in a bit, but first to recap what's gone on today. Today we met with Dr. Hesdorffer to answer any more questions and sign consent forms. He was a very nice guy, from Britain or something, he had an accent. Every doctor we've met at JH has ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2008/03/12/so-how-much-does-this-actually-cost/ Today we went to Johns Hopkins for more lab tests and a consultation with Dr. Brodsky. We almost didn't make it - we slept in and missed the shuttle. We had to call a cab. We got there about 5 mins late. Not too bad for waking up at 9:15 and ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2008/03/11/today-we-met-wdr-brodsky/ We made it safely to Baltimore this afternoon. I am a little disappointed in our room. The fridge is kind of small, and there isn't an oven, just a range. Plus I have like 3 or 4 dishes and two pots and no knives... how am I supposed to cook under ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2008/03/10/were-here/ Chris forgot to tell you something and he worries God may get him so he wants this said: This is his testimonial: He believes in the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Whatever happens he thanks God for it. God has given and he can taketh just as quickly. He tells it ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2008/03/07/chris-wants-you-to-know/ Hello all! I have some more info to share about Johns Hopkins and Revimmune. I picked up a copy of Hopkins Medicine at Chris' initial appointment in January and it has a feature article on HiCy. I just recently acquired the technology to scan and create a PDF file. Read 'High ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2008/03/04/more-info-on-johns-hopkins-hicyrevimmune/ Hello everyone! I am Chris' wife, Chenell and I'm in charge of this mess now so you better get used to it! ;) I will be updating Chris' blog while he undergoes the HiCy treatment at Johns Hopkins. I wanted to let you know I have posted a ton of new videos in ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2008/03/02/new-videos/ It's official. I will be in Baltimore MD receiving the HiCy therapy to hopefully end this horrid disease starting mid-march. We can't call it a cure yet, but it may be the closest thing. The endpoint in the clinical trial is to improve disability. I'm not waiting ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2008/02/22/im-going-to-john-hopkins/ We have a stack of letters we have not even gotten too.  As most of you know, I spent the month of December virtually blind and we didn't even celebrate X-MAS. If you are a family or friend please don't take this personal but I don't have time for you lol.  ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2008/01/31/all-our-mail-from-xmas/ It's still me but this is the tag line from now on.   Make sure to pay attention to the date and how many days till the treatment (D-Day lol) No date yet but it's going down.  I'm getting it done.  3-4 weeks.  Going to Baltimore. Living in a corporate housing place ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2008/01/10/my-ms-cure-maybe-cyclophosphamide-update-day-30-till-d-day-john-hopkins/ Out with the old in with the New. 215 k worth of hits this year. It wasn't up in Jan and Feb. Thank you all so much for making me a part of your lives. You have no idea what all of you unknown faces mean to me. I have my first ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2008/01/01/happy-new-year/ OK folks.  I'm not going to have MS anymore it looks like.  No I'm not going to stop having it from my own conviction, but I will now be getting a new treatment for MS and what is looking very promising to be a cure. This is called Revimmune, High Dose ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2007/11/28/a-cure-for-ms-so-simple/ Sick as crud folks.  Got a cold/fluish/allergic I suck thing going on. My doctor is interested in the HiCy therapy and he is ordering my MRI just in case. To all you out there have a Happy Turkey Day.  Unless you eat something else. I'm going to Die, and I hope to be ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2007/11/20/sick-and-cruddy/ The party went great but then someone got too too too too too too too too too drunk. The guy is a nice guy. Nothing wrong with him. When my wife went to bed he decided it was time to start talking about her like she was a whore ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2007/11/18/we-had-the-party-and-it-went-well-until/ I'm in. Im in. I'm in. I'm in. Looks like I will be living in Baltimore Maryland for a month, hopefully January. I'm going to loose my hair, I may loose my lunch, and I may even loose MS!! EDSS is how they rank us gimps. I'm an EDSS of ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2007/11/14/good-news/ BLACKJACK PIZZA IS ANTI MS!!! Well we had the MS conference in Dallas and it went spectacular! The one competitor, which to me isn't a real challenger, was parked right next to us! We had people next to us all day and I saw times where we had ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2007/10/26/back-from-dallas/ PLEASE EMAIL ME FOR SPECIFICS, DO NOT ORDER FROM BLACKJACK PIZZA IF YOU SUPPORT MS RELATED CAUSES!!!! CUSTOMER SERVICE IS HORRID AND IT'S UP TO US TO CHANGE IT!! GO WITH DOMINO'S By the way...Ray Dunlap from speed suspended again for having a bad mustache! Now, the Botox, I think they gave me way ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2007/10/15/botox-blues/ I wish I had something interesting to tell you but I don't. After Detroit I had to not use my Walkaide because I was too active with it I think. If I had the thing on 1 or 8 it felt the same. So I didn't use it for ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2007/10/09/no-news-is-good-news-i-guess/ It was great to go to the awards and see the wonderful things going on in the MS world. Heck, in the disability world! I encourage you all to look up the da Vinci awards and see some of the devices! Please head into my gallery and see the ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2007/10/01/detroit-was-a-blast/ Well the Walkaide is making me better and my gait has improved so I need to go get this thing re-timed. I wanted to do it this weekend but it's not happening. I will do it this upcoming week for sure because the awards ceremony is on Fri night and ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2007/09/21/what-a-week/ We have MS. They have lost their families. We could ALWAYS have it worse. God Bless the families who mourn still, Muslim, Jew, or Catholic. Father forgive them for they know not what they did. http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2007/09/11/911-5-yearsmy-thoughts/ Nothing new to report. We have an MS Walk coming up in October we are starting to get ready for and I should be getting the Botox this week. I hope so, the RX got all screwed with because of Labor Day and I have 0 Baclofen for about 3 ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2007/09/10/another-boring-ol-week/ Please folk don't be shy about posting your questions about the Walkaide! I get them emailed to me, and quite a few of them are repeats! Ask them publicly because it's often times something I've answered! I may need to do a top 10 most popular questions. As ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2007/09/04/questions/ I got the OK yesterday to get Botox in my right leg. She mentioned she wants to do it in 3 muscles. I should have asked but I didn't. I know it's the calf muscles but I got no clue as to what the other one is. ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2007/08/28/botox-anyone/ Lead in this that and the other thing.  Sugella and Ecoli in Food.  How did I get MS?? Any wonder why I try to eat only organic? Bodies got enough to fight, doesn't need any of those things in it. http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2007/08/23/listen-to-the-news/ I'm in Denver, it's been over 90 degree's, and I'm in hell! All my MS symptoms of course are worse. I don't know why, but heat makes me feel bad, even if I'm cool. I'm inside for the most part. I started taking Amantidine again for fatigue. ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2007/08/20/summer-sux/ We are finally starting to get the back yard worked on. In this process we have been moving around a ton of river rock, and figuring out where everything is buried at. I'm outside constantly digging or hauling something. If it wasn't for this damn clonus and fatigue I ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2007/07/30/what-a-week-weekend/ http://www.chrishasms.com/gallery/v/sumrvac07/ http://www.gregisfishing.com/nd_fishing_reports_2007.htm Take a look at my vacation pics. The pics you see of me in the outdoors w/o my chair I NEVER would've tried before the Walkaide. I'm sorry I'm not posting much but I've been doing a lot of things I couldn't do before. I'm still fatigue ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2007/07/21/not-much-time-but-look-at-this/ So this is the low down. I finally look good enough to take some pics of what I look like and post them. I will be working out everyday, on something and documenting it. I'm not going to take pics everyday but I will be showing the exercises and pics ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2007/07/09/the-exercise-schedule/ Well the vacation was a huge success!! The Walkaide was a huge success! I walked a large amount and had relatively no issues at all except a lot of soreness. I had a question about LDN, and I still do take it. It works for sure as far ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2007/07/07/home-sweet-home/ So we went fishing today and limited out.  This is a quick FYI. Tired, walking way way to much ;)  Chenell got a shot of me walking up a boat dock with the dog. Just re-read that last statement.  Cool huh? http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2007/06/28/great-fishing/ Yesterday we arrived in Bismarck. We ate all the foods I wanted to and we went out on the river. We were on the water for three hours or so. There was 3 friends from High School, now with significant others, acting and talking about the old ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2007/06/27/lets-go-fishing/ Over 100 degrees outside and there are some pics of me walking on a rock ledge in the Badlands. Man I wish she could've shown the path more but trust me- No way in hell I would take my chair. No way in hell I would have tried ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2007/06/24/check-this-out/ Just realized I forgot every single one of the electrodes for the Walkaide. I just got one the phone with Marletta and she is hooking it up to have some waiting for me when I get to Bismarck. Man I thought I was screwed!! Now I'm going to the ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2007/06/24/kudos-to-marletta-and-innovative-neurotronics/ We are in SD. Devils Tower is definitely a rock. Dog's been good to. Tomorrow we put the Walkaide to the test. http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2007/06/23/ok-we-made-it/ So here is something interesting I found out about why I'm not making the cells and what is going to happen now. It bugs me to see these people expecting to walk again from Tovaxin. Everyone wants to have a "Tim" turn around but reality is we've been damaged. ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2007/06/19/tovaxin-update/ The Walkaide rocks. Pure and simple. I had some fun last night, and unfortunately as many of you know, booze and MS can be a bummer. Well the device helped tremendously and I fell RIGHT ON IT yesterday afternoon playing with the dog.( not booze related) ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2007/06/17/well-im-testing-it/ OK it was my B-day on Saturday. On Saturday we saw some friends we have not seen in years. Also we had a barbecue where I made my ribs and some Jalapeño Poppers. The ribs marinade for a day and then I make a homemade BBQ sauce. ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2007/06/11/what-a-great-weekend/ I just took in the trash cans for the first time in ages.  It wasn't to hard for me to walk and push the trash cans.  I had to try it.  Not to toot my own horn but HONKITY HONK HONK HONK!! http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2007/06/05/hey-i-forgot-to-mention/ I've been sick as a dog over here for the last 5 or so days. It's thrown my MS into a frenzy as well. I've had numbness, hard times moving, nausea, and the good ol hug. Well I woke up this morning and my stomach is not nearly ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2007/06/05/finally/ Any of you ever been to ND?  The place is a dive.  Not saying it to be a downer it's just the truth. Anyhow, in Denver everything is 2 to 3 times more expensive than it is there.  We are going to be staying on a Lake Cabin in MN and ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2007/06/03/my-family-sometimes/ How many of you do stretching or some kind of aerobic exercise, and if you could do it on your back or knees would you? NO I"M NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT EITHER! http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2007/05/30/wanna-hear-your-ideas-on/ Just talked to one other person I will hopefully seeing in ND when I'm there. The closer I'm getting to this trip, the more I'm looking forward to seeing the people, the river...aka the fish, but only 2 friends. I could always rely on this disease being a good excuse ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2007/05/30/so-the-trips-getting-closer/ What a week so far. Managed to have one of my server towers crash, and the laptop couldn't get onto the internet. I won't get into specifics, but, I should have had the internet back up 30 seconds after it crashed. None the less I now have ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2007/05/24/thbbbbbpppppptttttt/ It's still going awesome but I've noticed a couple of other things that may need to be addressed. Kinda a pain in the rear if ya get my drift. It almost seems if my nerve moves. I don't know if that possible but it almost seems like it does. ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2007/05/16/walkaide-issue-kinda/ Alright the weekend is over and it's time to back to work! I'm starting the third installment for the cartoon. You will be seeing all the video ASAP. We got the darn software to work, but we had way to much going on this weekend to do anything about ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2007/05/14/happy-monday/ Got to meet Natalie Tysdal today at the Rockies game today. Out neighbor took us to the game and got us in her company's suite. Oh, Natalie is one of the anchor people for CW2 morning news. Yup thats right, hobnobbing with Denver's rich 'n famous. Oh yeah, WalkAide is ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2007/05/13/great-sunday/ WalkAide is definitely cool as hell. I wish it could be aligned differently on the leg because of where it rests its makes it hard to get on your knees. The box is right there in the way. Also, I'm thinking it would be benificial if the ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2007/05/09/cool-cool-cool/ Everyone said my leg would be sore. It was sore but really in relation to everything it's nothing. My arms were more sore from the bowflex than my leg is from the Walkaide. It's taking some time but it's getting better for sure. In two days time using ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2007/05/07/sore-leg-what/ It's hard as always to see others with the disease. Some are as bad or REALLY bad, some you can't tell they got it. The WalkAide made it so for the first time ever, I walked in the walk. Jason with Hanger Orthopedics definitely helped me along in some ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2007/05/05/the-walk-was-a-great-time/ I got my device and I'm ready to roll...literally lol. The temp is about 40 degrees and there is no way I can wear shorts to show this thing off. If I start shivering I'm toast lol! It's also rainy so if I get this thing wet ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2007/05/05/ms-walk-today/ I received my WalkAide today. I left the Hanger Orthopedics office today walking w/o foot drop. I can't say to much because I'm actually starting to tear up a bit. I'm getting my life back. I'm going to get better. Vitamins, exercise, and walking now because I ... http://www.chrishasms.com/blog/2007/05/03/wowser-i-just-got-a-new-life/