An Owen Sound man is excited to hear that Ottawa is finally going ahead with clinic trials on the controversial MS therapy.
Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq says a scientific working group created by Ottawa last August has agreed unanimously that phase one and phase two clinical trials of the so-called liberation therapy should proceed.
Warren Bazinet travelled last November to Rhode Island to get the treatment and has had mixed results.
Bazinet tells Bayshore Broadcasting News, he ended up with a blood clot in his left jugular…. following the treatment and that has slowed his progress.
He has been on blood thinners since January and says he is better at walking and some physical abilities — but not as good as he was just after the MS treatment in November.
However, Bazinet says he would do it all over again — even knowing now what he has been through.
Bazinet says it may be five to ten years before the therapy is funded in Canada, but at least clinic trials will get underway.
Warren Bazinet was the head of the MS walk in Owen Sound for the last few years, but he split with the organization last fall over it’s stance against the procedure.
