I write this on the evening
of May 19th at 10:00 PM
I did not write anything as I was in bed from the injections given by Dr. W. Michel of the Neehans [Niehans] Clinic in Geneva, Switzerland.
I attach the brochure on cellular therapy.
The cells were brought here packed in dry ice and in special containers, frozen. Then in the morning at 11:00 AM, the doctor assisted by his daughter, a nurse (Laura Michel) defroze the cells with the most meticulous attention to prevent the breakage of the cells or escape from the fluid in which they were mixed. This was at Suite I, the Johnson and Nixon suite.
At 12:15 AM I was told to prepare at our bedroom.
I was injected at 12:50 AM and Imelda at 1:10 PM.
The needles used on me were size 15. They looked like needles used by veterinarians for horses—about six inches long. And the fluid was variable—5 or 10 cc depending on the cells.
I had 12 injections on the right buttock as I could rest on the left one to sleep.
Imelda had 10 on the left buttock. And we were ordered to stay prone on our stomachs for fifteen minutes to allow the cells a chance to circulate. I stayed in that position up to 1:30 PM to keep Imelda company.
Bobby [Roberto] Benedicto also had his injections in Suite I where he stays.
The injections were not as painful as a bullet wound but paralized [sic] my leg muscles for a while.
We all laughed when after my silent immobile and stoical reception of the injections, Dr. Michel commented of me: “Good character.”
In the afternoon I started to develop rashes or hives in the back and the upper arms. They
Official Gazette for May 17, 1971: President Marcos had another day spent mostly on official papers.
Among others, he issued an executive order creating an Education Project Task Force which would undertake feasibility studies of certain specific projects to be financed through soft loans from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank). Proposed by the Department of Education, the task force would evaluate and choose the specific projects from among those recommended by a Presidential Commission previously constituted under an earlier executive order to conduct a survey of education in the Philippines.
Prof Dr. Paul Niehans (1882-1971) acknowledged Father of Cellular or Live Cell Therapy administered from his Geneva Clinic. His list of patients included Pius XII.
treated me with an ointment Synopen. They disappeared the following day.
Slept after the injections as we are supposed to be in bed 3 to 4 days. Lunch at about 2:00 PM. Slept again up to 6:00 PM. Then dinner at 8:00 PM. Slept late (about 12:00 PM). Saw a television movie in bed before that.