Written by: zhenya stolyar
August 25 i had the extraction at the xcell center in Dusseldorf.
their success rates with MS were not great, but i had spoken to a patient who went through it , i felt confident. Everyone was very nice. The doctor there that advised me, had looked through the case i sent him and was very hopeful that stem cells would help. Xcell did not promise anything and pointed out several times that nothing is guranteed and that i may feel nothing.
being in bad shape already, i did not care and went to Germany with my mother. At that point i could barely walk. Van took us to and from the clinic and they do have vans with wheelchair access, there are also coordinators all over the world to help facilitate everything, mine was in Houston and communicated with me fairly promptly, Within a week from sending them my letter i was approved and scheduled.
They asked for Doctors notes, a personal history and mri reports.
The clinic is licensed and in fact only licensed clinic in EU. hardly india or china even.
Doctor who did both extraction and reimplantation was a neurosurgeon with long history and credentials, and the one that advised me was an anesthesiologist, there was a cardiologist on staff as well as a very professional nursing staff. The Hospital was very clean, and rooms nice.
August 27 was re-implantation and i started to feel improvements in January. Walking dramatically improved although i have severe problem with hand and why this letter is difficult to put together. Hopefully, its more usable tomorrow, ill write more. :)
xcell has 2 centers not far from each other, but the dusseldorf is the newer center, where stem cells are processed and counted.
it was not cheap although in grand scheme of things not overly expensive. biggest problem is dollar value.
i am sorry to give a liink for additional info, but if any questions remain feel free to ask.
overall i would do it again, but now focus is on ccsvi.
X-Cell Center - http://www.xcell-center.com/ Once registered a coordinator will be assigned
their success rates with MS were not great, but i had spoken to a patient who went through it , i felt confident. Everyone was very nice. The doctor there that advised me, had looked through the case i sent him and was very hopeful that stem cells would help. Xcell did not promise anything and pointed out several times that nothing is guranteed and that i may feel nothing.
being in bad shape already, i did not care and went to Germany with my mother. At that point i could barely walk. Van took us to and from the clinic and they do have vans with wheelchair access, there are also coordinators all over the world to help facilitate everything, mine was in Houston and communicated with me fairly promptly, Within a week from sending them my letter i was approved and scheduled.
They asked for Doctors notes, a personal history and mri reports.
The clinic is licensed and in fact only licensed clinic in EU. hardly india or china even.
Doctor who did both extraction and reimplantation was a neurosurgeon with long history and credentials, and the one that advised me was an anesthesiologist, there was a cardiologist on staff as well as a very professional nursing staff. The Hospital was very clean, and rooms nice.
August 27 was re-implantation and i started to feel improvements in January. Walking dramatically improved although i have severe problem with hand and why this letter is difficult to put together. Hopefully, its more usable tomorrow, ill write more. :)
xcell has 2 centers not far from each other, but the dusseldorf is the newer center, where stem cells are processed and counted.
it was not cheap although in grand scheme of things not overly expensive. biggest problem is dollar value.
i am sorry to give a liink for additional info, but if any questions remain feel free to ask.
overall i would do it again, but now focus is on ccsvi.
X-Cell Center - http://www.xcell-center.com/ Once registered a coordinator will be assigned
mail me any questions you may have or leave comment to this blog posting and Stuart will get it to me.
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4 comments:
The fee was
7,545 Euros
Hearing about this clinic, an independent neurologist (not mine) warned me for using them. I now do stemcells at a very well known research center in New York and they just charge $500 per treatment
Care to share more detail.
Look at the below listed website.
http://www.msrcny.org/
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