My name is Barbara, born on 25 May 1983. Among the many joys that life gave me the greatest was to become mother at the beginning of 2004. In the same year, on November 3, I had another surprise, this time negative, I knew that I have multiple sclerosis. How I have noticed ? A Thursday afternoon, at work, I was cashier at a hypermarket, began without apparent reason paraesthesia tingled, first on the right hand, a half hour after the left hand, so strong to losing the touch (it was so difficult to count the notes…) After a week I went by my doctor that he sent me by a neurologist who find immediately what was but she did not say anything before she has the confirmation form the resonance. The result was: multiple sclerosis.
After the news I informed me better about this disease. I didn’t realized how was terrific until June 2005 when a very strong attack took me totally the view in the right eye and partially in the left one. I recover the view only after a cortisone-based intravenous therapy, which is not curative and full of contraindications. I realized immediately that as curative solution here was nothing, even Copaxone (called copolymer 1) as immune modulating which works only on the effect, even 7 months of antiepileptic to calm the tingles ( which got worse)..
I waited and waited until I knew from friends who had been in a hospital in China with Beike (for another disease) that there already treated the multiple sclerosis with umbilical cord stem cells (leave out about the hypocrisy here in Italy on the use of stem cell).Immediately I convinced myself, I felt that was the right way and that for the health must always groped with optimism. I didn’t had all the sum to leave so I do an appeal on the Internet in a local television and this inevitably led me in the newspapers raising a stir on the case. Was a magical period: I rediscovered the goodness of people who have contributed to me, I helped other people giving the example without losing the courage, I have publicly defended the argument, and I also contacted a therapist preparing my body with massages, nutrition and wellness techniques for transplants(this therapist still follow me for free). It was not easy to make an appeal, but all convinced me that we need only to be ashamed of evil.
Was interesting that many doctors and medical directors were against my choice arguing that who knows what the Chinese transplant me and all other doctors (including primary doctors) supported me. Thus I left with my husband at the end of July 2007 and after an odyssey due to a technical problem of Beike China we arrived at Shenyang hospital that, even if they were not prepared to receive foreigners, they did everything to make us set. Besides the food I suffered more for the homesick of my child. However I did 5 transplantation: the first spinal and the other 4 intravenous (the capacity is the same).In the morning I was occupied with therapies: acupuncture, massage and electro-stimulation. I realized that I has to keep busy and believe, and so I spent the month.
To my return, after a month, the first resonance said that the disease was blocked. I was happy but I was more happy on November 16 when a Pavia the result of a new resonance showed no longer lesions in the cervical area (caused the tingles). Of course my neurologist not gave me any satisfaction about the treatment with stem cells but I was laughing because I had won my battle.
I hope that many other people defend their health in all ways.
Some people worried leave, I would have gone to the moon if the stem cells were there!

Barbara

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