Carolyne - You can become active on this forum and learn all you can about stem cell therapy for a start. I am happy to send you the resource page from the book Jeannine and I wrote, but first I think you need to get an understanding of what stem cell therapy is all about. Every month we have an Ask the Doctor feature where members can ask questions of the host. If you have a question you would like to ask, please e-mail me or private message me. You can do this by clicking on Community, then Members, then B, then Barbara (just plain Barbara).
You also need to be careful of miracle stories you may hear. Stem cell therapy is in its infancy and people react differently to treatment. There are no guarantees. Also, there is something called Live Cell therapy. This is not stem cell therapy. It is treatment that uses animal cells and it usually makes people feel really good for a few months and then wears off. Each subsequent trip may or may not produce the original results. Mexico offers Live Cell treatment. Personally, I would never have this type of treatment after discussing it with medical doctors and researchers. It is risky at best.
You can also read the information about ICMS. There is an entire forum on here devoted to this grassroots effort. They have published an offshore guideline that may be helpful to you.
http://www.cellmedicinesociety.org/ I would urge you to join ICMS.
I know Jeannine has been upset about people claiming we are all about selling products, but this really isn't the case. I have made thousands of posts on this forum and rarely mention the webstore or what products we sell and neither does she. The store supports this forum and that is about it. It is also a convenience for doctors who ask their patients to purchase certain products post treatment. We sell them at costs lower than most sites. However, if you don't use or want any of these products then I would overwhelmingly tell you NOT to buy any of them.
If that is not the case, I would recommend the Stem Cell Advance Treatment protocol. You can read about it at
www.seachangeforlife.com Next month the SeaChange consultant will present the findings from the large animal study that is part of the protocol. It will show solid evidence of what this product does to stimulate the body's own stem cells.
As for clinics, most will require only a short stay, but one treatment will undoubtedly not be enough and no clinic to my knowledge can state that they have found a cure or produced a documentable amount of regeneration. That doesn't mean that treatments don't help you feel better, relieve sob and stop the progression of the disease, but restoring lung function in large percentages has not been accomplished yet to my knowledge.
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