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Five years of living with an incurable disease like multiple sclerosis has taught self-described extreme-sports addict Joseph Hall to keep things moving on an even keel.

So when the 25-year-old heavy-equipment operator read media reports of a revolutionary treatment and possible cure pioneered in Italy in which some MS patients are professing a near-complete recovery, Hall said he decided to keep a lid on his emotions.

“To be hoping and wishing and have all this excitement over something that is not 100 per cent sure yet, I’m not 100 per cent stoked on it,” said Hall. “I don’t let that kind of stuff get me away from my way of looking at my MS.”

read the rest via Victoria multiple sclerosis patient wary of ‘Liberation Procedure’.  This article does a good job of explaining why caution is warranted regarding this procedure.

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