Stem Cell Bank

Masa pregnankan Mina, StemLife pernah approach but kitorang tak take any action. Bukan sbb lack of awareness tapi i rasa lebih kepada "we don't think we gonna need it" kind of mindset. Sama jugak masa Sarah, we still have the same mind set.

But lepas melalui saat2 genting masa Sarah on kimoterapi dulu, then potentially kena buat transplant masa tu, possibilities of looking for matching donors and whatnot, I guess we saw "Stem Cell" potential in different light. Masa Sarah on treatment dulu, my sil ada jugak bg cadangan to try to conceive another child and get the stem cell but kitorang against the idea.I mean, we already have our plate full with Sarah condition, additional baby masa tu does not seem as a good idea. Plus we think the idea of conceiving a baby because we want to save another not because we want him/her macam kejam pulak. So masa tu its definitely a no go.

Tapi kali ni, we want the baby just because we want a baby, expanding our family, we see it as a gift from Allah. So takde guilty pressure. Kali ni bila sales/promoter ni approach masa tengah tunggu doktor, we are willing to listen. Listen to more nak tau pasal harga lah. hehehe. Sbb generally tau dah apa kegunaan stem cell ni. But sebelum ni memang tak pernah ambik tau pasal the charges.

StemLife pricing for freezing the cord blood is RM2500 for initial payment, then subsequently we need to pay RM250/year (which we can block for 20years duration).

CyroCord have the same price structure but now they are having a promotion where we can pay a lump sump amount of RM5000 for 21 years. Jimat RM2500.

CryoCord also offered another package where we can keep not only the cordblood stem cells, but also Cord Msc (Wharton's Jelly Stem Cell). Kegunaan jelly ni utk penyakit2 lainlah (sila google hehehe).

Buuuuttttt, salesman Stemlife ni masa tu dok lah kondem CryoCord. They outsource the lab lah, not yet approved by KKLIU lah, Cord Msc  also have yet getting any approval from KKLIU (sbb Stemlife takde provide service cord msc ni). Tsk....sabor je lah. Kot ye pun nak dapatkan customer toksahlah pakai taktik macam tu kan dok bad mouth periuk nasi orang lain. Sudahnya customer yg konfius hehe.

CryoCord package for CordMsc ni RM8.9K for 21 years. Kita jugak boleh mintak derang terus cultivate the cells up to 30 millions cells for another RM8.9K. Tujuannya supaya in the event that the cells are needed, kita boleh terus immediately withdraw, takpayah tunggu another 4 weeks++ utk biakkan cell tu. It does make sense lah kan sbb kekadang urgency tu kita tak tau berapa lama patient boleh tunggu kan. Boleh buat installment for 18 months. Tapi kan sbb salesman Stemlife tu dah create doubt so terpaksalah jugak i mengkaji kebenaran derang punya claim tu. Adakah cuma di malaysia je tak dapat approval? Kat negara lain  macam mana? 

Lagi satu kalau dapat review daripada orang yg pernah guna khidmat kompeni2 ni lagi baguslah. Harapnya orang yg dikenali dan memang pernah menggunakan stem cell ni in real life, kalau takat simpan ramai kot ye tak.