How much mobilitiy do you have? The prliminary research done on rats, took them from being unable to walk to total repair. I know that is the goal of the Shepherd research- Myself, I have no legs at all, nada--plenty of spasms, painful vibrating or buzzing and a very stiff belly band. MRI shows no improvement, nor any enlargemnt of the lesion.
On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 11:58 AM, john snodgrass <[email protected]> wrote: > what did i get a miracle or just sheath regrowth? > > My Neuro told me that the mri showed last year that the sheith had grown > back. > > i asked why did i still have these problems? > > he said it is the damaged nerves inside. > > he said if the sheith were still damaged then i would have worse problems > because of no insulation surrounding that area of the cns. > > whatever the deal,i am thankful that the problems are not worse! > > bad enough as it is,,,,,,, > > so if this new research can lead to helping others with cns problems,,i > wish them God speed! > > seen a video,,a lot of people need it everyday ! > > --- On *Sat, 4/16/11, Susan Ebling <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: Susan Ebling <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [TMIC] Stem Cell Research > To: "James Berg" <[email protected]> > Cc: "transverse myelitis" <[email protected]> > Date: Saturday, April 16, 2011, 3:40 PM > > > encouraging news. thanks for the update > > On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 2:36 PM, James Berg > <[email protected]<http://mc/[email protected]> > > wrote: > > Checking with Shepherd Center in Atlanta who started a Research project in > October to regrow the mylin sheath with stem cell injection, I was pleased > to see that there are now 5 organizations doing the same research in order > to verify results--verifying results is very important to get the FDA to > approve a procedure--assuming they all get positive results (am I wishing > for too much?) this would speed up the approval and get it on the market so > much sooner. Of course the cost will probably be beyond most of our > abilities to pay Results to be announced Oct. 2012. > > > > > -- > Susan L. Ebling > >
