14 Days Until HSCT and Me on the News

I cannot believe I have only two weeks until I begin HSCT treatment at Clinica Ruiz (https://hsctmexico.com/) in Monterrey, Mexico!  I am really looking forward to it!!!  As a reminder, HSCT is chemotherapy and stem cell therapy.  As they say, "No chemo no cure" meaning no chemo no halting multiple sclerosis (MS).  There is a 78% effective rate of this treatment halting MS in its tracks.  The procedure is best to have as soon as you are diagnosed with MS, but unfortunately, most of us MSers have to search to find help and by the time we learn about this procedure we have typically had the disease for many years.  Like in my case.  A big part of the reason I am blogging my experience is to get the word out about HSCT.  The picture below is breakdown on the treatment I will receive in Mexico from the Clinca Ruiz website.

I strongly believe that vitamins, exercise, and food are necessary to manage this disease, but they alone do not cut it, which is why HSCT is in my future.  I listed food last because it's the area that I am still working on :) and please excuse my State Fair of Texas eating if you saw those pics.  I will not stop annual traditions for MS.

I firmly believe I would not be as mobile as I am considering I have Primary Progressive MS if it weren't for exercise and vitamins.  If you saw my previous blog post, you know I am riddled with lesions all over my brain and spine, which gives me the worst odds at staying physically able.  This brings me to the second item included in this post, which is the spot that aired on WFAA channel 8 this morning in Dallas by Hannah Davis (https://www.wfaa.com/article/about-us/team-bios/hannah-davis/287-333946286) at the place that I believe is fully responsible for me being as good as I am physically, Tiger's Den CrossFit (https://www.tigersdencrossfit.com/).  You will have to scroll past the enormous picture of the the "Mexican Method" to get to my interview with my husband, Steven Latham, included as well. Here's a link to it too:  https://vimeo.com/292718256.

dena the warrior from Hannah Davis on Vimeo.