Well, Christmas is over and the New Year has come. I have taken a bit of a hiatus during the season. I’ve gotten a new job after more than two months with no work and things are stabilizing at home once more. Now I can get back to blogging.
They are not only using stem cell transplantation for Type 1 diabetics as the research in Canada is doing, but for type 2 diabetes as well. What wonderful news!
It is a five-day process that begins with taking the bone marrow from your hip. Your own bone marrow, which has no chance of rejection by your body and eliminates the need for anti-rejection drugs for the rest of your life. This part of the process takes about 30 minutes and is done under only a local anesthetic. After the procedure you may return to your hotel or wherever you are staying and resume normal activities.
On day 2 they separate the stem cells from the marrow in a government-approved laboratory. As I have said before, stem cells can become any cell in the body, in this application they are directed to the area they are needed, the pancreas.
That is done on the third day of the process. To accomplish this stem cells are injected, via catheter, into the pancreatic artery. The catheter is a thin wire with a small hole in it that is fed from the femoral artery into the pancreatic artery using an x-ray scanning to guide the insertion. Alternatively the stem cells can be delivered intravenously for those who cannot be catheterized. This process takes about 90 minutes and requires two to three hours in the recovery room to make sure the injection site is not bleeding.
For those with diabetic neuropathy a portion of the stem cells will be injected into the leg muscles. You will be required to stay for a fourth day as a safety measure and are able to go home on the fifth day.
The results of the treatment, after following 50 patients, were that more than 50% of them showed improvement with 40% of patients being type 1 and 60% being type 2 diabetics.
Improvements reported included more stable blood glucose levels, lower fasting blood glucose levels, decreased leg pain, lower blood pressure and the elimination of hypoglycemic episodes. Nearly 1 in 4 male patients regained erectile function.
To learn more about this treatment do a search for Xcell-Center. There is an online evaluation, stories of others who have undergone the process, and a link to their research information.
In the meantime, you can do as I am doing and take matters into your own hands. I have started taking a product called StemEnhance whose function is to get your own body to release more of these body repairing cells to help your own body heal itself. Read about it through the link on the side. They have videos and explanations of their research as well.
If I can release enough stem cells on my own, using this product, my body may be able to repair itself, or at the least improve. For me it may take longer than some because of multiple health problems. My income does not allow me to take as many in a day that I would like to.
The recommended dosage is 2 a day for one in good health, but I would like to take 4 to 6 a day. One day I may be able to. In the meantime I have noticed an increase in energy.
I have seen a friend of mine go from sleeping most days away (chronic fatigue syndrome) to becoming a very functional person. It used to be hard to have a conversation with her because her fatigue slowed her mental functions dramatically. Now she is a pleasure to have a conversation with. She also reports that her fibromyalgia symptoms have abated dramatically as well. And she is able to hold a job!
Other testimonials on the site are dramatic too, but this I have seen with my own eyes, and experienced in my own body. And, as I have said before, if it is going to help get me maybe off insulin, or dramatically reduce the amount needed, I’m going for it! I hate needles!
