The fight to get patients with multiple sclerosis access to a controversial procedure not available in Canada rages on. Steve Garvie was one of six patients to undergo the experimental procedure in Barrie before it was shut down and has spent much of the past year telling people how much it has changed his life. He has served as a poster boy of sorts for CCSVI (chronic cerebro-spinal venous insufficiency).

The concept is that many with MS have collapsed veins, mostly in their neck that, when opened alleviates some of the symptoms attached to MS. MS is considered a neurological disease with no known cause or cure.