Jim.....I agree with you completely and I like your explanations for your
position on using stem cells. My daughter saved the umbilical cord blood from
my last grandson in hopes that it may be of some benefit from me or him if
necessary. I do have feelings that haunt me regarding using these stem cells to
help my situation. This is due to the fact that I am so tired of not standing
or walking, dealing with constant bladder and bowel issues, and the 24/7 nerve
pain that varies in intensity regardless of medication. I realize there are
many who are worse than me with their TM.
The reality for me is that if suddenly there was a myelin regeneration
cocktail that was made from and could only be made from embryonic stem cells
and I was hearing about success stories related to the treatment, I am not so
sure I would be able to stick to my guns. The reality is that I might have to
get in that line. I have three precious grandchildren and a whole neighborhood
full of children that I have, for the most part, adopted as my own
grandchildren. I have participated in numerous infant baptisms and I take my
responsibnility toward all childen very seriously. I kind of relate it to the
fox hole Christian logic. When the atheist has been pinned down from gun fire
in his foxhole he just may be tempted to say a paryer or two. Just curious if
you have had similar thoughts.................Cody in Austin
----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Lubin
To: jrushton ; Deborah Nord Capen ; tmic
Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 12:21 PM
Subject: Re: [TMIC] stem cell (OT?)
Here it is. Worth watching.
Stem Cells and Neuroregeneration - The Future
Douglas A. Kerr, MD, PhD
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-25453169972889015
http://www.myelitis.org/rnds2008/stem_cels_MN_and_GRP_2008.pdf
At 09:27 AM 3/25/2009, jrushton wrote:
Thanks, Debbie!! If you don't watch/listen to anything else from that
Symposium, you should truly look for that part! It is SO important because we
have ALL been led astray and he makes it so easy to understand and he is the
expert along with his staff!!! He is also one of the main ones trying so hard
to get this passed in order to save those like you and I from living with our
disabilities. Had it been available at our onset, we may have had a chance to
be one of the 'lucky' ones and had this simple procedure done. I wish there
was a way to show just that one section of the Symp... Is there, Debbie? It
is so misunderstood that there will be those that could be helped but will
refuse only because of the misunderstanding. Jeanne in Dayton
-------Original Message-------
From: Deborah Nord Capen
Date: 3/25/2009 11:10:57 AM
To: [email protected] ; Westgold; Amanda Diskey;
[email protected]
Subject: Re: [TMIC] stem cell (OT?)
I will make just a short statement regarding this, as I do not wish to
become involved in a debate. Dr. Kerr has stated in all of his talks that the
BIGGEST mistake in the very beginning was to even give it the name "embryonic
stem cells". They are NOT embryos. They are NOT aborted fetuses. They are
"blastocysts" - only two cells that could not ever survive outside of a petri
dish on their own. Because the scientists made this mistake in the beginning
of giving it the name "embryonic stem cell", all of the right-to-life people
came out and attacked this research from the git-go.
If you view the talks from all of our symposia at
http://www.myelitis.org/events.htm and listen carefully to Dr. Kerr's talks on
stem cell research, you will have better knowledge of this.
Regarding the idea of going out of the country to receive treatments, Dr.
Kerr has also discussed this. The research is there, but the follow-up on the
patients is lacking, so they have no record of how the patients did AFTER they
left the country to go back home.
Take care,
Debbie
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Jim Lubin
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http://makoa.org/jim
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