A month ago I had stem Cell treatment by Burton Feinerman's team in Peru. Cost was US $25, 000. Everything was done to make it easy for me, as I was traveling by myself. I cannot say that it was a resounding success, but the issues that I have are likely different to what other stroke victims consider important - I suffer from tired aching legs and overall fatigue, along with a useless memory, and an inability to feel intense pleasure. I had been able to walk reasonably well, and the arm was less of a problem because my affected arm is my non dominant arm.
So the improvements that I got are that my arm does not feel as heavy, so hopefully the back pain that was a regular ocurrence will no longer be so, and it is easier to move the arm around in a tight situation. No great recovery in my use of the arm, sadly.
So was it worth the total of around au$40,000 that I paid? Probably not, but I can say to myself that I tried it, and really, in the few weeks before I embarked on this quest I had been considering euthanasia, now, I am going to have to work to get that courage up again.
So the improvements that I got are that my arm does not feel as heavy, so hopefully the back pain that was a regular ocurrence will no longer be so, and it is easier to move the arm around in a tight situation. No great recovery in my use of the arm, sadly.
So was it worth the total of around au$40,000 that I paid? Probably not, but I can say to myself that I tried it, and really, in the few weeks before I embarked on this quest I had been considering euthanasia, now, I am going to have to work to get that courage up again.