I would not even consider the Stem Cells..It is just a Rip Off Group of Clinics who call themselves The Lung Institute>>>>Makes them sound legit eh???? There is only one Legitimate Organisation and that is The Lung Foundation.....

With the CO and Med. MJ there is a lot to learn and of course many opinions but I would give them 200% more credit than the stem cell crowd......Here is a private group....Join n learn..

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I went through it doing real good then I had a real infection it to much dust set me back

There are no stem cell treatments for COPD that have been proven to work. The companies that offer them have lots of testimonials from people who would have you believe that they came to the center weighed down by their O2, on inhaler after inhaler, unable to do anything but cough and gasp, and after treatment, they threw their O2 away, tossed their meds and went skipping down the sidewalk. Ask the people fronting these organizations for any proof that their treatment works, such as, increase in FEV1, reduction in use of O2, reduced medications, improvement in 6 minute walk, or even improvement in quality of life as measured by any of the clinically approved measures (St. George, CAT, etc.) and they get very quiet. My friend, Dr. Robert Sandhaus, a world renowned pulmonologist at National Jewish in Denver, calls it "snake oil". There's a reason neither Medicare nor any insurance company will pay for the treatment. And there's a reason they're charging $3000 to $10,000 for treatment: they want your money.

That said, most of the clinicians and researchers in COPD I know believe that the cure will probably have something to do with stem cells, and there are remarkable things being done in regenerative medicine at a number of universities and research centers, so there is progress being made. There just aren't any treatments now that have had any success.

Also, it is extremely expensive and your insurance won't pay for it. I don't know if that's an issue for you, but it is for me.

I would be very careful. I looked into it also and the doctors that I know said there is nothing "prime time". That may have changed. I am in the evaluation stage of lung transplant and the surgeon was talking about using a stent thing that they recently completed testing and will become available in a few months, as a bridge to lung transplant for me. She said it really shows promise. Now that is something that I would focus on. That and the coil study show genuine promise within the legitimate medical community. I just feel like the stem cell thing is a bunch of folks selling fish oil, but, who knows? I am on a lot of lists though, a lot of groups and no one has ever spoken about it as a possibility.