Warrior: Dave
Snowflake: RRMS
HSCT: 9/11/17, Chicago
Superpower: Perspective
When you pause to reflect about what has changed during a year, what do you see or feel? If you take time to recognize your own personal successes, have you ever hesitated to share what you find with others?
Meet Dave, a warrior who tried nearly every treatment available to treat his multiple sclerosis before finally receiving HSCT November 11, 2017 at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Dave used a cane and experienced regular active relapses before transplant, so he was ready for a life-changing event. As he worked to get things in order and prepare for the worst, he ended up surprised when Dr. Burt said to him, “I can help you” without caveat.
Dave approached HSCT with a commitment to “not fight anything” except his eagerness to get back to normal once he returned home. Listen for Dave’s strategies to keep a positive mindset, accept all aspects of any process, “take a beat” and embrace emotions, including the difficult, stressful, and uncomfortable ones. Dave’s story will inspire you to “like yourself more,” embrace family and friends, develop an affinity for unexpected relationships, and experience life with a newfound perspective.
Special thanks to musical genius Billy Alletzhauser for sharing his superpowers to create the soundtrack, edit, and produce the audio to make this podcast possible. You can find us both when you subscribe on SoundCloud, iTunes or wherever you find your podcasts.
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Resource:
Bradberry, T., & Greaves, J. (2009). Emotional Intelligence 2.0. TalentSmart. ISBN-10: 0974320625
Hosted by: Dr. Jen Stansbury Koenig aka “Zen Jen”
Tags: #HSCT, #HSCTwarriors, #autoimmunedisease, #RRMS, #HSCTsnowflakes, #HSCTsuperpowers
HSCT Warriors Podcast 
I’ve been reading that this procedure is not being done in the US, how is it that it’s not being shared with other MS sufferers? My husband has Relaspsing MS since 2005 and we’ve been looking into this procedure in Mexico. If possible can we get contact
information for Northwestern Hospital?
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I’m not sure where you are looking, but HSCT (for AI Disease) is currently being offered (via clinical trial) at Northwestern Memorial University in Chicago, IL as well as Colorado (for non responders), Missouri, Texas, and Pennsylvania.
You can find more information about each study location in the Resources page of this website.
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