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Thanks Squiffy, things are moving along....... Carole

Things are moving along nicely! I look forward to some larger trials and some more posiitive results(fingers crossed).

I was in the NIH study for this but dropped out when I saw the risks outweighed the possible benefit. Do not be fooled, this may be a great soultion for some but the first trial was with Progresive MSrs and bc it wasn't foolprof or a slam dunk they are looking at RRMS folks now. The thing to remember is thst this is VERY aggressive, risky and NOT A CURE as many in the study felt the need to be back on interferions etc. again.

lmacalus wrote:I was in the NIH study for this but dropped out when I saw the risks outweighed the possible benefit. Do not be fooled, this may be a great soultion for some but the first trial was with Progresive MSrs and bc it wasn't foolprof or a slam dunk they are looking at RRMS folks now. The thing to remember is thst this is VERY aggressive, risky and NOT A CURE as many in the study felt the need to be back on interferions etc. again.

lmacalus - Thanks for your honesty.

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Liberation, check out George Goss' website, it has links to tons of studies on the subject. The 2 worst are an up to 5% mortality rate and morbidity associated with infections gotten while the immune system is out of commission. 80% of people who have this treatment done show some improvement in symptoms at 10yrs, while no RRMS patients in the studies I have read had any further progression of symptoms.

Mortality rate in 'the better facilities' is below 1%.

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