My leaves and stick

I finally did it.
I cut the stick thing on my orchid plant.
I've had this darn orchid plant for a long time now. When I originally bought it, it had two lovely pink flowers at the end of a long stem. Eventually they wilted, shriveled, and fell off. Since then, I've had this plant, with some leaves at the bottom and a great big stick sticking up out of the leaves. One of my friends has been very successful with her orchid plants. She kept telling me, "just water it once a week, and it'll bloom again. Leave it alone, just water it once a week."
"I promise," she said, "it will bloom again."
Well, I've dutifully watered it once a week and nothing. NOTHING! It has grown a few new leaves at the bottom so I think it's healthy. But no blooms.
So last night I called my orchid-growing friend and told her it's been months and all I have are some leaves and a stick. NOW she tells me to cut the stick all the way back. Cut it down to the leaves. So I did. I just cut it. And she tells me I'm going to have some blooms soon. She tells me I'm going to get a new stick and some blooms.
We'll see. Because I'm sick of having some leaves and a stick. And watering.
She said I'd have some blooms in a month.
I'll keep you posted.
Any ideas?