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Dear Jane,<br />
I am glad I ran into your post because I too have been researching<br />
PRP, I was unaware that insurance didnt cover this. If you dont mind me<br />
asking, about how much does one treatment cost?<br />
Were your laser treatments: cold laser? Briefly about me: I'm 40yo in good<br />
health and weight, save my 13 spine surgeries 8 of those being fusions both<br />
anterior and posterior of my cervical spine from C3-T1 as well as L3-S1.<br />
I've had over 35 epidurals and facet injections, and am kind of lost as to<br />
where to look for alternative treatments. I'm on a small amount of opiots,<br />
have a spinal cord stimulator etc.<br />
How long did it take before you started getting some relief.<br />
Thank you for your time and I look forward to your response.<br />
seanbeck<br />
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Sincerely,<br />
Brandon<br />
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Nice to hear of your stem cell treatments. Funny, I am Jane also;
living FL. I would be unable to pay the cost, and am a young 85. No drugs are tolerable for me, and none on the epidurals helped . Last week a new pain mngmnt Dr, my 4th in 25 odd years says there is nothing else he can do for my 8
and 9 pain level back. Five surgeries later, and with no drugs or meds it is tough.
Perhaps we could meet!!!! Please private message me.
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Hi, The injections cost $3,500.00 for the PRP, stem cells that were<br />
injected from my neck all the way to my sciatica which was the worse pain I<br />
was complaining about, and laser treatments. I was able to be at a pain<br />
level around 3 or 4,( 9 before that my pain was 7 8 9),<br />
and was much better over all. I had to have one more stem cell injection<br />
on my sciatica, $2,500.00, about two months later and after that one, the<br />
pain went right away. It takes several months for the cells to regenerate<br />
the nerves as they are very delicate. That is the reason they give me<br />
laser treatments to help them heal me. I will continue to get the laser<br />
treatments as long as I need them. They are included in the price I paid.<br />
It is an expensive way to go, but people who have had surgery, and other<br />
forms of pain treatments end up getting the stem cells and PRP .<br />
I am just praying I will get better and better as time goes on. I am back<br />
at the gym working out with weights three time a week and I am 79.<br />
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One other note is they gave me the amniotic cells instead of my own bone<br />
marrow as that would just be putting old cells back in my body. I hope I<br />
have helped you with this information. You can go on line to<br />
http://www.RestoraLife.com and check it out. This place is in Melbourne, Fl. I<br />
do not know if they have other places, but more and more doctors are<br />
getting involved with this new treatment for pain.<br />
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Gd bless, Jane<br />