VICTORIA TIMES COLONIST - November 28, 2010 |
BY LORIN POWELL, TIMES COLONIST |

How can federal Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq suggest that someone suffering from the symptoms of MS wait for Canada to research the benefits of proper blood drainage from the brain?
Could health ministers wait while they or someone in their families suffered from MS? How can they expect us to wait when our loved ones are losing more of their bodily functions daily?

The love of my life was given back to me on Sept. 14 when she had the Zamboni therapy.

My son now has his mother again and Jenny, my wife, has a second chance for a life without the debilitating symptoms of MS. Before she had the procedure I was at the point of asking for home support, as my job and looking after her were starting to prove too much.

Before this simple, non-invasive venoplasty procedure, my son Noah had to help his mother get dressed. Before the procedure, she would fall often and could not get up on her own.

Jenny has not fallen once since the procedure and she will sit on the floor and get up on her own.

It has now been one year since W5 broadcast the story about the therapy and its possible links with MS. What has been accomplished in 365 days?

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