Countless MS sufferers are waiting for their miracle.

They are facing needless roadblocks for a simple angioplasty treatment that is available for everyone else in Canada, except for those wearing an MS arm band.

It’s like we are living in a CCSVI Cold War. We see MS sufferers armed with the 2010 tools of social media, fighting the very people and organizations who should be acting compassionately.

Below the radar and behind closed doors, countless MS sufferers quality of life deteriorates day by day. This can be a one way street, that will lead to permanent disability. For some, time will simply run out.

Some Doctors are following their compassionate heart and making a difference. Many times at odds with the Medical Establishment and governing bodies.

Steve Garvie on Parliament Hill said: “They’re my heroes. I think that you should let them be heroes for everyone else?”

But still, the roadblocks remain. The emotional toll cannot be measured.

We are also seeing the financial situation become unsustainable for countless. They say that if the Government did this angioplasty treatment, it would cost the taxpayer about $1500. This is a fraction of one months financial cost to the MS sufferer and to each Canadian taxpayer.

The financial payback to the taxpayer could be less than 1-month.

Blocking access to CCSVI treatment is not acceptable, and their arguments against this do not add up. Literally!



Here are real examples provided to me. It shows a list of some general items:

$12,300 in provincial government disability per year.

$ CPP Eligibility still waiting on final number.

Copaxone: $74 a month I would pay thanks to disability. $17,000 per year to the tax payer.

Alertec Fatigue Pill $2.50 per month thanks to disability $94 without.

Heat and Electricity $900 per year.

Various bills cable, cell phone, internet, $1800 per year (estimate)

Pet $800 per year.

Car insurance and plate $1,600 per year.

Food currently $25 per week versus $100 per week with girlfriend.

Gas with no job $10 per week. With job gas bill would be $20 per week.

Income Taxes on disability $0 Income taxes on $40,000 is about $15,000 per year.

Car repairs $1,500 per year. On disability $0

Vacation $1,000 per year. On disability $0

Entertainment $1,000 annually. On disability $0

Family birthdays, events, Christmas, Holidays $1,000 On disability $100

Home ownership $1,000 mortgage per month.



This doesn’t add up. Disability income is not enough. It’s completely unsustainable.

The fight continues, the suffering continues, and the senseless arguments against CCSVI continue.

I feel were are nearing a tipping point. We’re not there yet, but access to CCSVI Treatment is getting closer.

Lets hope it is sooner than later, because the cost to MS sufferers is too high.

WaYnE