Cryocord: Stem Cell Banking, is it worth it?

**Josh0027** · December 29th, 2012 11:26 PM

Salamat mga bro sa mga opinion ninyo. Di ko pala nasabi nasa Malaysia ngayon ako. Madami na rin kasi nagsusulputan mga companies dito at inaalok ang cord blood banking. Madami na rin kasi kumukuha nito kaya nagcheck ako at may company na CryoCord sa Pilipinas.

Pero grabe Sir Yebo kung 500k pala diyan sa Pilipinas huwag na nga. Siguro dito nalang ako kukuha pag decided na ako.

Ang inoffer kasi sakin 5 vials storage for 21 years nasa Php 70,000+ lahat na yun. Ang isang company naman one storage bag nasa Php 14,000+ for 21 years at may annual fee Php 2,600+.

Konting research din muna ako.

Sir Yebo: Kahit huwag na magpainject si titosen, pera nanaman ng bayan ang gagamitin diyan.

**rollyic** · December 29th, 2012 11:46 PM

Originally Posted by yebo

3 years ago it was P500K at st luke's. and there's a maintenance fee every few years, di ko natanong how much yung maintenance fee.

if i have a child to be born and i have that money, i'd rather deposit that P500k in my child's trust account. by the time he'll need any medical procedure requiring stem cells, maybe when he/she is already 50+ years old (huwag naman sana) then that money would have multiplied many times over and he can afford whatever it will cost.

yun ay kung buhay pa yung bank by that time....

**Horsepower** · January 6th, 2013 10:06 AM

Also been offered by our OB's secretary. So I asked, how much ba? Sabi nya mahal sir, basta super mahal (good thing iniisip nya siguro wala kaming pera. LOL). I did not ask any further kasi I easily lose patience sa ganun paikot-ikot na usapan.

Sabi ng isang UP-educated doctor who specializes in Stem Cell here in the PH, from his experience, mas gusto nya ang adult stem cell (yung galing sa bone marrow - ang sakit siguro nun pag tinusok ka sa buto).

Since stem cell is like a "lego" piece that is the building block of our bodies, it can turn into anything - even to cancer cells. That part stunned me.

I am doing further gathering of information. Mid-year pa naman lalabas ang 2nd child namin :-)

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Also been offered by our OB's secretary. So I asked, how much ba? Sabi nya mahal sir, basta super mahal (good thing iniisip nya siguro wala kaming pera. LOL). I did not ask any further kasi I easily lose patience sa ganun paikot-ikot na usapan.

Sabi ng isang UP-educated doctor who specializes in Stem Cell here in the PH, from his experience, mas gusto nya ang adult stem cell (yung galing sa bone marrow - ang sakit siguro nun pag tinusok ka sa buto).

Since stem cell is like a "lego" piece that is the building block of our bodies, it can turn into anything - even to cancer cells. That part stunned me.

I am doing further gathering of information. Mid-year pa naman lalabas ang 2nd child namin :-)

**Horsepower** · January 6th, 2013 10:08 AM

Originally Posted by rollyic

yun ay kung buhay pa yung bank by that time....

Good point.

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Originally Posted by rollyic

yun ay kung buhay pa yung bank by that time....

Good point.

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WTF is with these "edited" double posts??? I did not even edit.

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WTF is with these "edited" double posts??? I did not even edit.

**jay2** · January 6th, 2013 10:21 AM

Barkada ko availed this kind of procedure 2years ago paid downpayment yata of 18k. Kinunan ng "stem cell" yung baby pagkalabas sa mother then pinadala na sa states for storage. After a few weeks nag email sa kanya yung company at sinabi na hindi pwede ipreserve kasi infected / tainted yung stem cell. Goodbye 18k

**Horsepower** · January 6th, 2013 10:31 AM

infected ng ano daw? and where did it get infected? in utero or in transit?

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infected ng ano daw? and where did it get infected? in utero or in transit?

**jay2** · January 6th, 2013 01:20 PM

Hindi ko na sir natanung sa barkada ko, kung ano ang nangyari he just told me sayang ang pera dahil walang nangyari. kinuha yata yung sa imbilical cord right after putulin sa baby.

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Hindi ko na sir natanung sa barkada ko, kung ano ang nangyari he just told me sayang ang pera dahil walang nangyari. kinuha yata yung sa imbilical cord right after putulin sa baby.

**Josh0027** · January 7th, 2013 12:43 AM

Originally Posted by jay2

Barkada ko availed this kind of procedure 2years ago paid downpayment yata of 18k. Kinunan ng "stem cell" yung baby pagkalabas sa mother then pinadala na sa states for storage. After a few weeks nag email sa kanya yung company at sinabi na hindi pwede ipreserve kasi infected / tainted yung stem cell. Goodbye 18k

Bro sa Pinas ba yan nangyari? Nakalagay dapat sa contract na marerefund mo dapat ang money in case hindi nagamit ang stem cell.

Ano na nangyari pagkatapos?