MS - Update on my Brother
I spoke with my brother last night and he had endured another treatment on Wednesday. He spent over 61/2 hours in the hospital being poked and prodded before his treatment. I asked him how he was feeling and he said, after travelling into St. John's, 1 hour and 20 minutes, being in the hospital 61/2 hours and then travelling back home 1 hour 20 minutes, he was a bit sluggish! No kidding.
He said he was feeling pretty good and he is not sure if he is getting the treatment or placibo still but we are holding out for the better deal. He said he doesn't feel much different except last time he went through an ordeal of stomach troubles and he did have one incident of passing out but they thought it might have been a drop in blood pressure that caused it. They are working on the stomach troubles as it seems all the medications he has been taking over the years has damaged some of his stomach linings.
He will have to return to St. John's in 3 months to go through the MRI tests and the EKG's and the other work-ups he will need to track this experiment.
He was saying how he came across a few MS patients that were a lot worse than he is and it makes him stop for a minute. It must be trying to look at others and think, I could end up a lot worse than I am but he is holding out hope that the treatments will keep him from getting any worse. This is an experiment and without people taking risks with these experiments we wouldn't end up with new medications and treatments. Unfortunately, some people can die or get worse, we know that prayers have been answered for my brother and we know that God is all powerful. He is in control of every situation and he allows what is necessary for each of us.
If anyone believes in prayer, say a prayer that this treatment will do what it is expected to do and if not, to at least hold him where he is today and not progress into the next stages of MS.
God bless!
He said he was feeling pretty good and he is not sure if he is getting the treatment or placibo still but we are holding out for the better deal. He said he doesn't feel much different except last time he went through an ordeal of stomach troubles and he did have one incident of passing out but they thought it might have been a drop in blood pressure that caused it. They are working on the stomach troubles as it seems all the medications he has been taking over the years has damaged some of his stomach linings.
He will have to return to St. John's in 3 months to go through the MRI tests and the EKG's and the other work-ups he will need to track this experiment.
He was saying how he came across a few MS patients that were a lot worse than he is and it makes him stop for a minute. It must be trying to look at others and think, I could end up a lot worse than I am but he is holding out hope that the treatments will keep him from getting any worse. This is an experiment and without people taking risks with these experiments we wouldn't end up with new medications and treatments. Unfortunately, some people can die or get worse, we know that prayers have been answered for my brother and we know that God is all powerful. He is in control of every situation and he allows what is necessary for each of us.
If anyone believes in prayer, say a prayer that this treatment will do what it is expected to do and if not, to at least hold him where he is today and not progress into the next stages of MS.
God bless!
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12:34 PM
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