Hope For Pain Free Life (from The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald
By Gordon Simpson
Multiple sclerosis sufferer John Warwick hopes his pioneering stem
cell treatment will ease the pain he has to endure.
The 49-year-old owner of the Swindon and District Animal Haven, in
Wootton Bassett, underwent surgery at Bristol's Frenchay Hospital on
Friday.
Specialists drilled two holes in his hips, extracted about five
million stem cells from his bone marrow, and re-injected them into
his veins.
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The entire process took about four hours.
"It didn't hurt at all," he said. "They told me they put about five
million back in and it's just a case of seeing how it goes now.
"I can't tell if it's any better yet, but I have been having lots of
weird and wonderful new feelings, itches and things."
Mr Warwick has suffered from MS for 26 years and was offered a place
on the pilot study earlier this year by Professor Neil Scolding. The
procedural study, which involves five people, is designed to find
the best way in which to carry out the treatment.
"Before they harvested the stem cells, I had lots of tests done," Mr
Warwick said.
"They had to see which parts of my nervous system were working and
which weren't.
"In two months' time I have got to redo the tests, so they can see
what effect it's had.
"What would be great personally is if I could get rid of the pain
the MS causes. That would be fantastic.
"You can't take anything that will take the MS pain away.
"It's like a red-hot poker inside your bones and painkillers don't
help that. I'm not sure if it has eased or not yet, but I am
certainly experiencing a different kind of pain."
Mr Warwick discovered he had MS after suffering what he and his
wife, Deana, thought was a stroke, while living in Holland at the
age of 23.
The couple have seven children and opened the animal shelter in 1999.
Mr Warwick said he hoped stem cell treatment would help him and
other people suffering from various diseases.
"It is definitely the way things are going to go," he said.
"Stem cell technology is fantastic and it's the future.
"I have been fighting this disease for 26 years and to get the
opportunity to be involved in this is fantastic.
"I am totally chuffed and I can't praise the people doing it highly
enough.
"Everyone was absolutely fantastic with me. They all let me know
what was going on and why, which just made it so easy.
"Thankfully, it all seemed to go okay and they said I was a model
patient."
11:19am Thursday 23rd August 2007
http://www.gazettea
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StemCells subscribers may also be interested in these sites:
Children's Neurobiological Solutions
http://www.CNSfoundation.org/
Cord Blood Registry
http://www.CordBlood.com/at.cgi?a=150123
The CNS Healing Group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CNS_Healing
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