Posted 3 days 4 hours ago by Amy B. Scher
After three consecutive days of IV stem cells and being mostly indoors for days, I was more than eager to venture out of my little room at Nu Tech and out into the wonderful (and sometimes not) world of Delhi. My muscles were tight from the aches I had after the last day of IV while my baby stem cells were working their way to repair the not-so-perfect-yet parts of my body.Posted 6 days 5 hours ago by Amy B. Scher
Drip. Drip. Drip. I stare at the IV bottle of embryonic stem cells running quickly down the tubing into my arm. Everything feels calm and music from my ipod is helping to escort my baby cells into my body. It feels like a movie scene where opera should be playing in the background. I close my eyes and try to visualize the stem cells working. My default vision is of tiny little sea monkeys swimming (trust me, I’d never make this up) from damaged cell to damaged cell finding new cell homes to refurbish and rebuild. I try to get this crazy picture from my head, but the sea monkeys stay and I figure it’s not worth fighting.Posted 1 week 1 day ago by Amy B. Scher
As I rise early today (yes, again), I can feel from my room that the streets are wet. The smell of Indian rain seeps in my windows. It’s a distinct scent -- not good or bad. It’s just there. Last night brought thunderstorms that rattled and lit the skies. I watched through a gap in my curtains waiting for it to subside so I could fall back asleep. Instead, I stayed awake listening to howling dogs and the occassional tuk-tuk whiz by until sunlight. The horn-honking on the street today is at an all-time low. My world has that kind of “earthquake weather” feeling that makes you uneasy, but is too superstitious to actually consider as a threat.Posted 1 week 3 days ago by Amy B. Scher
I awoke this morning to comedy outside my window, which faces the front of the building. Men, in preparation for the coming monsoon, were sweeping the street. One was not even on the street, but diligently using the broom to redistribute dust in an all dirt area across the way. The guys from taxi service across from this building were washing their taxis. I don’t get it. I don’t get so many things in this country. I think it’s secretly part of my love for it. So many things don’t make sense, and yet they still happen.Posted 1 week 6 days ago by Amy B. Scher
After over thirty hours of driving, flying, and waiting in airport lines later, I finally arrived in Delhi for my three week booster series of embryonic stem cells at Nu Tech Mediworld. I near melted when I saw Opi’s face in a sea of what seemed like a million Indians with identically scribbled on welcome signs.Posted 3 weeks 1 day ago by Amy B. Scher
As I prepare for my next trip to India in just about a week (can you belive it?), I am still recovering from a whirlwind trip to Las Vegas. Is any trip to Vegas not like that?? Dr. Geeta Shroff and Dr. Ashish Verma attended and presented at the Physicians Of Indian Origin Conference at the Venetian hotel Thursday. Patients from all around the world came to support them and rally for their acceptance in the medical community.Posted 5 weeks 5 days ago by Amy B. Scher
"Everything is negative," he says as he's skimming a piece of paper in my file. His eyes are wide and happy. Negative is good, I think. But I'm not used to hearing it in relation to much these past years so I'm temporarily confused. "What is negative?" I ask excitedly. "Oh, you didn't get the report? You should have gotten a full report." He goes on and on wasting time confirming my address and guessing about why I was never notified. But he still looks happy, so I'm almost ok with the ridiculous delay if this is about to be good news.Posted 7 weeks 6 days ago by Amy B. Scher
Recent news has landed Dr. Geeta Shroff and patient, Perry Cross, on U.S. and Australian TV channels and all over the Internet. Perry, a C-2 quadriplegic is breathing on his own for the first time in 14 years. Although many of Dr. Shroff's patients have gotten publicity in their hometowns, this one is receiving the nationwide (and beyond) attention it deserves.Posted 8 weeks 1 day ago by Amy B. Scher
My baby stem cells are just over five months old. Sometimes, I can't believe it's been that long since my first injection, as I sat anxiously on my favorite brown blanket sprawled over my hospital bed. It feels like I went from sick, to India, to better, to home. And it all happened almost in a blink compared to what I had been through previously.Posted 11 weeks 4 days ago by Amy B. Scher
I've always likened my embryonic stem cell experience to being pregnant -- with hope, new life, whatever it may be. I'm starting to wonder if I jinxed myself (if that's even a real thing). My body seems like it's on a wild ride with no hints as to what direction it's headed.Keep up to date on Amy's embryonic stem cell treatments in India and the latest on healthcare tips, tricks, insights and info.
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