I don't know for certain but here are some of the pieces of info that I have heard and you can judge for yourself if they are helpful or not. First...during the stem cell research drought many research institutions used off shore medical facilities for research to get around the law. Second....some of these off shore medical facilities have top notch research capabilities and US partners have put their research dollars into research not treatment. Third...some are still considered second or third class treatment facilities because the $$ was put into their research not into their treatment function. Fourth....if you look at some of the news programs that have done show on off shore surgeries you get the idea that while it CAN be done and can be done cheap.....the rate of infection, extended recovery, and in some circumstances just plain bad medicine have not shown the success and quality of care that we US citizens have come to expect. Fifth....I don't think Hopkins intended for us to travel there for treatment and I would anticipate that they intend to bring their research home and help us on our own soil.
I know it sounds great and its something we have to believe will someday soon come our way. But its also important to not jeopardize your overall health and wellbeing on an experimental procedure in a third world country. I know its hard to wait and wait and wait. Sandy in rainy Wisconsin where the soggy squirrels are complaining about the soggy sunflower seeds.....that they are not supposed to be eating out of that "squirrel proof" feeder anyway. ----- Original Message ----- From: Amanda Diskey To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 1:12 PM Subject: [TMIC] stem cell I found a hospital in Panama City, Panama affiliated with Johns Hopkins, and they say they can treat me with stem cells. The lady I spoke with says they have treated one person with TM and got good results. The cost is $30,000. What do you all think?
