[gatotom]

I just so happen to have had a stem cell injection almost 1 1/2 yrs ago, wow, time never slows done.

The injection was in my right shoulder due to a climbing accident over 40 yrs ago that ripped my arm out of the shoulder joint. The dislocation was a constant problem after so about 20 yrs ago had the dislocation fixed and when the doc finished he told me my superspinatus muscle was completely severed off, no attachment but since I was in the sweet spot of my practice , he didn't re-attach it because that was not my complaint and if he would have fixed it, my adjusting days are over.

Fast forward 20 yrs, guess what, you really do break down when you age. Now this shoulder is in constant level 7 pain 24/7 with very limited movement. The ortho's tell me total shoulder replacement, time for stem cells, have nothing to lose. I do my DD and find that going to Mexico is not the cheap way for cost, so I go to a doc in Seattle.

He takes bone marrow out of my left hip bone, adipose fluid out of my butt and blood out of my arm. They spin it all down and first inject bone marrow, then adipose and last blood platlets, two hours later I drive home.

Within 24 hours, my pain level is 3-4, within a week maybe a 1-2 only on movement. Most important, I can now sleep on that shoulder without pain. Now I have 75% movement back with sometimes 1-2 aggravated occasional pain, I can now change the radio station while driving the car without pain.

Would I do it again, in a heart beat. Is my arm perfect, no, but it is functioning within tolerable levels that I can easily live with. I still can do 20-30 push ups and press 100 lbs, no problem, at my age its all about tone not bulk. I am now 70 yrs old, stem cell injection is not covered by any insurance plan and I am glad because insurance doesn't tell the doc what and how to do it. The cost to me was 6500.00. Since I turned medicare age 5 yrs ago, I don't have secondary insurance because I take no drugs and for the most part healthy, damn, Chiropractic maybe works. What I saved in insurance premiums has more than paid for the stem cell injection with money still in the bank.

I hope this helps