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Carolew?? Anything new since you had the treatment? I go in two weeks time!! I asked them and they said that you can do nothing to help promote production of stem cells in preparation for the treatment.
diana (australia)

Thanks everyone for your help. Carole, you were the last to go...when did they ask you to pay by? They are asking for their money now but I guess it's because being so far away it's a higher chance that I'll drop out. They are right of course, if I pay now there's no changing your mind. Also, after ...

Thanks Teresa and Carole. I'm just organising the itinerary now so that helps. We'll probably be in Paris for Christmas, how cold does it get, does it snow?
Diana

I am booked in to Cologne on 14th December. Taking the kids...might as well make it a holiday. It's so far away from Australia. Please keep me informed as I'm now nervous. How long after the lumbar puncture are you feeling good enough for sightseeing?
Diana

Thanks Teresa
I missed a call from Germany yesterday while I was out and forgot to call back at the appropriate time here as they are 8 hours behind us and I have to wait until 5pm to get their 9am. So will try again this afternoon. I hope they have good news.
Diana

Hi Teresa
Can you tell me if the neural stem cells that you are talking about will be available from the hospital in Germany? Should I wait until they are available? Or do you do both treatments.Thank you.
diana

Hi Carole That is exactly what you want. All improvements from now on can only be in small steps. I've had ms for 26 years and used to improve dramatically with steroids but now when I improve (going to ms physio weekly) then it's just a matter of standing up straighter, not falling into a chair and...

Hi Carole Thankyou for your reply. If I get accepted I am definitely going to try it, I've tried everything else and feel I have to keep one step ahead of it because I've still got two small children at home and I'm supposed to be helping them not the other way around. Although, it does make your ch...

I got onto the website mentioned in the article and they are based in Germany. If you are eligible then you have to fly there and stay a couple of days..they then extract your own adult stem cells from your hip bone, test them for mobility and other things and reinject them via lumbar puncture. So y...