Karen’s Opinion

I have mentioned the importance of umbilical cord blood stem cell collection and storage and feel that it is worth repeating. Umbilical cord blood stem cells are being used to treat numerous types of malignancies, anemias, inherited metabolic disorders and deficiencies of the immune system. The possibilities using these precious cells, is becoming more influential and in all probability will impact countless numbers of lives in the future.

New medical technology may well use these cells to rebuild cardiac tissue, repair damage due to stroke or spinal cord injuries and reverse the effects of such diseases as multiple sclerosis or Parkinson’s. While the research is in its early stages, the possibilities are extremely promising. And banking your child’s stem cells increases access to any of these technologies in the future.

Let me get to the practicality of the collection process. Cord blood, or umbilical cord blood, is blood that remains in the umbilical cord and placenta at the time of birth. Cryo-Cell, the most accredited cord bank leader, knows how tight the family budget is and is offering special pricing for processing, testing and first year of storage. The premium exclusive premium family service, “Protect Baby, Protect Mom” is offered at a special price for a short time. Check out the process, accreditation and why cord blood banking is important for your family. When you use the special code 995PS by midnight on Sunday, July 26, you will get the special service for $995. That is quite a savings! They have even waived the cancellation fee when you sign up using the promotional code. You may also choose to enroll in the Signature UCORD Service and Exclusive C’elle Service, for One Low Price! Best Value! $1299. Use Promo code: P2PS. Yes, Cyro-Cell knows how important it is to make their service more affordable.

Our local newspaper made a serious mistake recently. It discontinued the Dr. Gott column. Lordy! You would have thought they deleted the obits! Seriously, I enjoy Dr. Gott’s column. I appreciate that he is very fair to alternative methods of health care. He is the one who directed me to use Vick’s Vapo Rub on my fungus laden toenails. Yay! He isn’t afraid to recommend homeopathy.

Homeopathy is an alternative form of medicine that has been used for thousands of years to treat everything from life threatening illnesses to the common cold. While many people used to modern medicine may find it suspicious, it is still one of the most used types of medical treatment worldwide and is steadily gaining popularity in the western world.

Homeopathic medicine is based on three basic principles. The biggest principle of homeopathy is that like treats like. Instead of treating based on the disease doctors think you have, treatment is done based on the symptoms you know you have. The second principle is that there is only one treatment, not two or even ten like a traditional doctor might give you. The third principle is that everything is given in extremely small doses.

To treat yourself homeopathically, you must figure out all the symptoms. Once you know your symptoms, you find a substance that causes the exact same set of symptoms and take a small amount of it. Because you are only taking a very small amount, the substance not only doesn’t harm you, it’s said to cure you, generally long term or even permanently.

When most people hear about homeopathy, their initial reaction is “no way!” Treating symptoms with something that causes your symptoms seems totally counterintuitive, but it’s a concept that’s used in modern medicine as well as more ancient cures. Shots commonly used to treat allergies contain a small amount of whatever you’re allergic to. Many vaccines contain a small amount of the disease they’re designed to protect against.

While homeopathic medicine is not only considered effective, it has many benefits over modern medicine. Like many other natural medical treatments, most homeopathic remedies are totally natural. While this doesn’t necessarily make them safe, these remedies tend to cause fewer side effects, have little drug interactions, and are generally better for your overall health.

Homeopathic medications are also considered better for your body because they work with it. Many modern medicines work to suppress symptoms like fever or coughing. These symptoms are the body’s natural ways to get rid of disease. Instead of suppressing symptoms, homeopathic medicine works to cure the problem itself while addressing the specific symptoms.

When the right treatment is found, homeopathy is considered very effective. The big problem is that just like there are thousands of prescriptions and over the counter drugs, there are also thousands of homeopathic remedies as well. And if you don’t pick exactly the right one, it won’t work.

While you can buy homeopathic remedies over the counter, just like herbal and other alternative medicines, that doesn’t mean it’s 100% safe to treat yourself. If you’re serious about this treatment you should speak to a doctor who has experience in alternative medicine or even see a specialist in the area.

My kids mean the world to me and I will do everything I can to keep them safe. I wish that when they were born, I had known about saving their cord blood. Cord blood is known to treat over 70 different diseases. I don’t know if it was an option when my kids were born, 28 and 24 years ago. I would have liked to have had the option of saving their cord blood in case, heaven forbid; they ever get seriously sick or are diagnosed with a disease.

Cyro-Cell is trying to get the word out about this process. Please, don’t confuse this process with the gathering of embryonic stem cells. This process is of no threat to babies.

Read the following testimonial to see how one woman feels about the totally painless process of banking cord blood. She says it so much more eloquently than I ever could.

“My children are the most precious gifts that I will ever have and I want to do everything I can to make sure they are well. While I was pregnant with my first child, I would see articles and ads about cord blood and it bothered me that it was so expensive but what if I one day needed this blood. The reality of having only one chance or it really went in the garbage kept me wondering if I would regret not investing. What if he had cancer or his dad or I were sick, would that blood have been the cure? Through research, I came across Cryo-Cell International, Inc., a company with the most reasonable rates and the assurance of two holding facilities.

When I was pregnant with my second child, we wondered if one bank was enough? Finances were tighter and should we spend the money? Then we realized that his brothers blood might not match for the new baby. The next day, stories were breaking about how Cord blood had saved or changed the lives of children, one cancer, one cerebral palsy. Then we discovered that a friend was diagnosed with non-hodgkins lymphoma. He didn’t bank his daughters blood and wished he had. Three years prior, I lost a friend to renal cancer when she was 29. We felt like it was our answer.

We are just beginning to see miracles that this blood can bring. We have two “life insurance policies”, that is how we look at it. If anyone in the family gets ill, there is a chance that the blood could save our lives. If we don’t use it, then it is there for our son’s children.”

Sincerely,
mother of Parker and Davis

Cryo-Cell International Client

Cryo-Cell is a company that offers an easy service to collect cord blood and have it processed. You can read about the process on their website at cyro-cell.com.

You only have one opportunity to preserve your baby’s cord blood. Please consider this an opportunity you must take. Check out Cyro-Cell’s offer of a free Baby Bjorn. Like I said, they are trying everything to get the word out!

I hope everyone is relaxing and getting ready to receive guests for the holiday on Thursday. We celebrate Thanksgiving each year as a way to gather with friends and family and reflect on things that make us thankful. The holidays have a way of bringing on stress when we try to make our lives like they show them in the movies. We need to be realistic in our expectations. There are helpful stress and health articles at The Stress Institute® website. The Stress Institute® is comprised of prominent physicians and professionals that have come together to offer ways to avoid stress and learn to live healthy and happy lives. Arm yourself with information to live more stress-free lives. Let the Stress Institute® show you how.

After spending 6 months in surgical boots because of surgery on my feet, I take extra good care of my tootsies. I am careful to buy shoes that have rounded toes so that my feet aren’t squished and fit more naturally into my shoes. I also wear cotton socks so that the sweat I produce is reduced. That keeps my feet dry and free of conditions that come about from sweaty feet. My feet also smell better when I wear cotton socks. There are so many things you can do to keep your feet healthy. There is a website with a wealth of good information on keeping your feet healthy. OurHealthNetwork.com also has information with exercises that stretch the muscles in our feet. That keeps our feet from developing strain and other problems. We should treat our feet like the other parts of bodies and remember a few simple steps to keeping them healthy. Many people do not realize that something as enjoyable as gardening can cause problems for our feet. To find out more about how to take care of your feet go to OurHealthNetwork.com.