On Oct 17, 12:08 pm, Grafpooie <mis...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > would be able to inject my optic nerve with stem cells and grow me a
> > new optic nerve. She said that it probably whouldn't happen in my
> > lifetime
>
> Not in MY lifetime, but probably in yours. Hang in there a few more
years. The procedure
> they used has a number of new facets. The imprecise consensus of
researchers in our local
> University Research Hospital is 8-12 years. That assumes there are no
unpleasant surprises
> (aka side-effects) and that the procedure scales to humans. The
ophthamology specialists are
> very positive, while the pathologists seem rather fixated on the side
effect issues for many
> very good reasons.
That's within my lifetime, anyway. Probably. But how many more years
after that until my insurance will pay for the procedure?
-Gudrun
