MS: Many Stories – The AHSCT Experience – Aziz

Personal Experiences of Undergoing AHSCT for Multiple Sclerosis

Our “MS: Many Stories” series is all about having members of the MStranslate community share insights into different aspects of their journey living with multiple sclerosis (MS).

Due to the ever-increasing interest in Autologous Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant (AHSCT) as a potential treatment for MS, we thought it important to capture the personal experiences, both positive and negative, of people who have undergone the therapy.

In this video, we meet Aziz, who travelled to Heidelberg, Germany, to treat his relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) with AHSCT in 2014. This discussion is facilitated by Mark’s neurologist, Professor Helmut Butzkueven, who many will recognise from previous MStranslate videos on developments in MS research.

We thank both participants for their time and hope people find Aziz’s story both interesting and informative.

Music Credit: Peaceful Moment by Freeepicmusic on Soundcloud (available here).

Note: This is the second personal story we have captured on this topic.  In our first video, we met Mark and Brenda, who explored AHSCT as a treatment for Mark’s progressive multiple sclerosis back in the year 2000.  Anyone interested in watching Mark and Brenda’s story can do so here.

If you have undergone AHSCT to treat your multiple sclerosis, and would like to share your story like Mark, Brenda and Aziz have done, please don’t hesitate to contact Brett via email.