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Hi everyone, I’m currently in Slovakia with my parents. My dad suffered a brain injury some time ago and we’re here for a stem cell treatment. He will take them as a nasal spray and intravenously. Before coming here, I spent quite a lot of time researching the topic, and I’m very aware that stem cell tourism is full of scams, exaggerated claims, and extremely expensive miracle treatments, many clinics we contacted were asking enormous amounts of money with very little transparency. Eventually we found a place that, at least so far, seemed much more honest. They were quite cautious in their promises and the price was way low compared to what other clinics were asking, which actually made it feel more trustworthy rather than less. Still, I’m trying to stay very grounded and critical about all of this. I’m curious if anyone here has experience or knowledge about stem cell therapies for brain injuries. I’m not expecting miracles, but if there’s even a small chance it could help my father’s recovery even just a5%, we felt it was worth exploring.

Right now we’re waiting for the driver to pick us up. Soon my dad will be getting the cells. will update you as the situation develops

We actually did, but they’re all from around the world, and they didn’t do this therapy specifically from this place where we’re going. We’ll see

@Leo Gura unfortunately even if this therapy looks promising, nobody still says it can actually help as of right now… there’s also a lot of stem cells tourism, scams and various problems tied to all this…

@Natasha Tori Maru sorry to hear that, but I’m glad that you recovered! Which therapies did you do?

Many doctors said it would not be good for him, probably because of some epileptic signs he had… but he will try it today for the first time here in Slovakia, and will do it also in the next two weeks, so we’ll see also how that goes. yess we did great amount of research using those tools

@Cireeric hey thanks for sharing! Unfortunately I believe these are not great options since they’re not regulated in Italian healthcare systems and nobody would be able to tell us if they have any kind of good or bad interaction with the meds my dad is already taking… also I wouldn’t know how to purchase them

Not really, but anyway trustpilot can be filled with scam and fake comments

I would not wish anyone to be a caregiver trying to give back normal life to a loved one... In my experience, no one will ever try to REALLY help. Everything we're doing comes from daily research, and no doctor ever gives valuable advices. It's very sad. We try to find new things, but the doctors always stick to "the books", never innovative stuff... It doesn't matter if they're private or public doctors, i always hear the same close-minded and by the book responses. According to the doctors my dad should have never woken up from the coma. "If he ever does he will be a plant". Well, four years later he walks alone, and we're trying to prepare him for a job. It's still a long long journey, and hopefully he will never stop, but I'm extremely disappointed. Not only from the healthcare system in general... but from the doctors, normal people who see families completely destroyed from extremely difficult situations, and remail cold and don't give any compassion. I understand it from a point of view, but still, it's disappointing.

yeah I am aware of that... we managed to raise €14k, 6,5k of which will go tomorrow to the stem cells, and the rest for an intensive physiotherapy, accommodation etc. I don't feel "guilty" if there are no results at the end because is not directly our money. I'm more scared of side effects, even though nobody really told us that there can be any. These treatments are still studies and nobody know much

Some people I know get diarrhea with magnesium ahaha

Joe Dispenza says to clench the anus during breathwork in his meditations because he claims that the cerebrospinal fluid (that goes from the brain to the sacrum and back) gets pushed towards the brain. He combines that also with pressing the abdomen to activate the chakras. I don’t know anything about this, but I know that he talks about this. I did also a craniosacral course that talks about the cerebral spinal fluid and I never heard about clenching the ass pushing it to the brain.

Find out for yourself! That’s the best way to know

I’m going there on Sunday and we’ll go to Slovakia for a stem cells therapy and other intensive treatments. Speaking of the debt and job: I don’t remember the precise details about the debt, but it was not such a bit deal from what I remember. I will have to start paying it back 3 years from now (3years after I end my studies - which is in June or July) about the job: as of right now I don’t have a job cause on Sunday I’ll go to my family for a long time so nobody will not fire me haha sometimes I play gigs with my girlfriend, we have a guitar flute duo, but of course we don’t make enough money to live from that, it’s almost impossible. In a year we made roughly 1000€ each, so you can imagine. When I’ll go back to the Netherlands end march I’ll look for a job that I will keep for a couple of months until I end my master. After that I’ll go to Italy and look for a stable one.

Hi everyone! For those who don’t know me, I’m 24, Italian, currently living in the Netherlands. About four years ago my father and brother had a serious motorcycle accident, an event that deeply impacted me and marked the beginning of a serious inner spiritual journey. Since then I’ve studied various teachers (including Leo), meditated consistently, and explored non-duality, ego, consciousness, and metaphysics. I feel genuinely drawn towards deepest truth of reality... I feel like I need to understand what reality really is in order to understand myself and how to live. At the same time, I’m still very much a human being with ambitions, desires, fears, and responsibilities. I’m trying to build a career (I’m a classical guitarist and certified meditation teacher and thought i wanted to share mindful practices with musicians, but thinking about that I don’t think that I can live out of that since musicians don’t have money - I’m considering working with non musicians). I want financial stability, and honestly part of me wants to be rich and successful. I also care about making an impact and really help people with mindfulness, because it has really changed my life for the better, and it helped me grow. On one side I feel drawn toward ego dissolution, selflessness, and truth beyond identity, there’s a part of me that wants to let go completely (every year I am more and more connected to thse things, thanks to meditation and sometimes doing psychedelics). But on the other side I still want to build something in the world, I want money, autonomy, and recognition, and I feel afraid of “losing myself.” I don’t fully know how to integrate spirituality with ordinary life, even if I want to work with meditation. I sometimes wonder if my desire for the “deepest truth” is healthy growth, or if it’s partially an escape from unresolved emotional material, trauma, or uncertainty. I also want to do psychedelics as a way to deepen insight, but I’m unsure whether that would be growth or destabilization, even though all the experiences I had were helpful for my growth. I don’t fully trust my motivation yet. I don’t know if I’m seeking awakening or relief. Maybe both. Every time though that I start having deeper experiences while meditating or in trips I start being scared of loosing myself, even if one part of me wants it. I intellectually understand that money and ego are relative constructs. But in practical life they matter. So I feel stuck between these two paradigms. Thanks for reading❤️

@Ziran Honestly I don’t remember

Yeah 10k for uni😢

No I have a student job, enough to pay uni, rent, and food

Nope haha

@Ziran I’m trying to build a business coaching people with mindfulness and these techniques, but right now I’m not getting any results. I’m not fully invested into it right now as I’m still a student and I am also scared since no one around me has a business. also as I study abroad I’m not so helpful for my family, although every time I go back home I help a lot

Right now I would tell you that I’d love to make my first million before I turn 30, working with meditation, maybe opening a wellness centre or having some kind of online academy… working online would be great, so I would not have problems on travelling and working from wherever I want, but also retire my parents and help my mom with dad’s therapies and take care of him. I think this is what my success would look like. Financial freedom, conscious job, helping family. Then with money health is something that would be easy to achieve (speaking of quality food, exercise, etc. - of course you never know what can happen to you, but I’m talking about the things you can control)

I imagine that giving my life situation, to some extent I feel called towards truth, but at the same time I also use it as escapism

Thanks!❤️🙏

@Oeaohoo nice if you want to talk about it or thinking of something new together I’m open to it!

Interesting, but I’m a classical guitarist, in these kind of places they have bands with winds and percussion… guitar is not even in orchestras, sometimes it is as soloist but not as a part of the orchestra