Multiple Sclerosis and an urgent bid for freedom
Donation protected
Our family are joining forces to raise the money needed to send our Kirsten to Mexico for Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT) treatment that is not universally available on the NHS, but will hopefully give Kirsten a chance of a future; a life free of pain, disability and heart breaking challenges! We hope that Kirsten can follow the footsteps of other British MS sufferers and go to Mexico, a world class centre for HSCT, and cheaper than the UK, at the cost of £43,500!
The first large randomised control trial, and several meta-analyses of HSCT, have confirmed that HSCT is a very effective therapy. This is now tipping the scales for HSCT becoming a mainstream treatment for MS in Britain. However, the treatment has to take place before the MS becomes too advanced, and as it will be years before HSCT might be offered more widely, Kirsten would by then be swallowed up by the MS and not a suitable candidate for treatment. Kirsten is on the brink of becoming too disabled for this treatment, hence the urgency of our appeal.
In 2017 when Kirsten was 43 her life was changed forever, with a diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis. We now hope to give a new direction in life, offering her the chance of stopping Multiple Sclerosis dead in its tracks.... A new immune system will develop giving Kirsten a chance of halting this chronic, debilitating, devastating disease before it takes too much more from her.
We are hoping to give Kirsten the gift of a future, or as Kirsten puts it, her dream of a ‘stem cell birthday’!
For anyone interested, here are some snippets from Kirsten’s MS journey on wordpress, https://thekword.life/, it is well worth a read, you will laugh and cry!
Here is the Mexican HSCT clinic - www.hsctmexico.com.
The first large randomised control trial, and several meta-analyses of HSCT, have confirmed that HSCT is a very effective therapy. This is now tipping the scales for HSCT becoming a mainstream treatment for MS in Britain. However, the treatment has to take place before the MS becomes too advanced, and as it will be years before HSCT might be offered more widely, Kirsten would by then be swallowed up by the MS and not a suitable candidate for treatment. Kirsten is on the brink of becoming too disabled for this treatment, hence the urgency of our appeal.
In 2017 when Kirsten was 43 her life was changed forever, with a diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis. We now hope to give a new direction in life, offering her the chance of stopping Multiple Sclerosis dead in its tracks.... A new immune system will develop giving Kirsten a chance of halting this chronic, debilitating, devastating disease before it takes too much more from her.
We are hoping to give Kirsten the gift of a future, or as Kirsten puts it, her dream of a ‘stem cell birthday’!
For anyone interested, here are some snippets from Kirsten’s MS journey on wordpress, https://thekword.life/, it is well worth a read, you will laugh and cry!
Here is the Mexican HSCT clinic - www.hsctmexico.com.
Organizer and beneficiary
Vicky Dixon
Organizer
Kirsten Hannibal
Beneficiary
