Steve talks about his stem cell treatment with Dr. Joy Kong for kidney disease. His kidney function improved, and he feels more vital overall. He describes concrete changes in how he feels day to day.
Three times
Stage four (facing progression to stage five within three months)
About 20%
About one year (he reported not headed to dialysis now)
About 7–10 miles per day for three weeks
So, hi, Steve. So good to see you again. I know this is the third time that you've been in our clinic for stem cell treatment, and I want to have you share a little bit about your experience. So you first came to us because of concern of your kidney function.
Right.
Can you explain a little bit what happened?
Yeah, my kidneys, you know, I had had kidney disease for a number of years, but it was stage two, stage three, and I thought, okay, it's not such a big deal. And then suddenly I got a blood test, told me you are in stage four and you're going to be progressing to stage five within three months. And that kind of shocked me. And I started looking around, well, what can I do to try to head that off? And I started seeing the whole concept of stem cells. And so I did a lot of research to figure out what is there about stem cells. And there are cheaper stem cells and they're more expensive stem cells. And you can go to other countries and they'll clone a bunch of stem cells. And after talking with you and looking at some of your YouTube videos, as well as doing a bunch of research, I realized that I don't want clone stem cells because they're not going to be as effective. And a lot of you had mentioned when you clone a stem cell, you don't always get stem cells in response. You get maybe two other kinds of cells. And then in the foreign countries, they put that all in you and call them stem cells, but you're not getting the same effects.
Right. They will start to differentiate, become daughter cells and losing some of the potential, but also growing surface receptors or markers that can cause rejection type of reaction. So there's double edge, not as effective and can potentially cause problems.
Right. And you know, if I'm going to do this, I don't want something that's going to cause problems. I want something that's going to help me. And so after talking with you, it seemed like you were the best, best place to go because you know a lot about it. You tend to teach other medical professionals how to use it. I said, well, if I want to go to somebody who's gonna put stem cells in me, I want to go to somebody who knows what they're doing. And so I came here.
Yeah. Yeah. So then what's your experience after receiving stem cell treatment? Were there any side effects you noticed?
I noticed no negative side effects. I did notice I had a lot more energy. And in fact, the very first time after I got stem cells, my kidney functions improved about 20%. Wonderful. And also right after that, my wife and I went on a trip to New York, and we were walking everywhere, and she mentioned to me, you've got a lot more energy than you normally have. And I'm climbing up and down the subway stairs, and I'm walking through the streets of New York, and I was back to the point where I could walk, you know, six, seven miles a day again. And that was kind of fun.
Yeah. Wonderful. So then you came back for stem cell treatment again.
Yes.
And what's your rationale behind that?
Well, you know, I wanted to get the best results I possibly could, and obviously, the 20% improvement in my kidney function the first time got me really motivated, and so I came back the second time and. And while it didn't improve another 20% or anything like that, that would have been nice, but it didn't. And instead what I did is it's been pretty steady since then, and my kidney function is 20% better than when it was first diagnosed, and it stayed at that level. So I'm not deteriorating.
Right, because what you were facing was actually deterioration. Before you came in and you were facing dialysis.
It looked like I was going to be on dialysis in three to five months.
Yeah.
I've heard horror stories about that, and I'd rather not do that if I can avoid it. Yeah. Yeah. And now it's been a year, and I'm not headed to dialysis now and hopefully never will.
Exactly. Yeah. I think we have this powerful technology using intelligence embedded in stem cells, and now we can really tap into regeneration and calming the inflammation that's driving the diseases.
Right.
So really glad that you're able to utilize our new technology.
Yeah. I'm so excited. It's really. It's helping me out. And you know what? I don't feel 65 anymore. I feel younger.
That's wonderful. Yeah. And I hear that from our patient quite a bit. You know, feeling younger and more vital and enjoying life more. And I know you go on trips and now you're able to do things that really you weren't able to do before.
Yeah, we travel all over the place. And I think I mentioned before, we just took a trip to Spain about a month ago, and we were walking seven to 10 miles a day every day for three weeks. Yeah. And it wasn't a burden. It was a lot of fun, and we had a great time.
That's wonderful. Well, congratulations for fully embracing life.
Well, congratulations to you for letting me do it.
Thank you, Steve. Really appreciate you sharing your story. With everyone. I think it's going to encourage a lot of people and help more people and to, you know, have the hope and hopefully have the remedy to some of their sufferings and worries.
Thank you.
Yeah, thank you again.
