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Christopher Alchenbrack, a multiple sclerosis patient who travelled to Poland where doctors at a private clinic performed the so-called 'liberation treatment' on him, speaks to CTV News at his home in Wolfeville, N.S. on Monday, May 31, 2010.
CTV.ca News Staff
Date: Sat. Jun. 5 2010 11:14 PM ET
Christopher Alchenbrack says he doesn't regret a thing. The Wolfville, N.S. teacher has undergone a controversial treatment for his multiple sclerosis at a clinic in Poland, despite concerns about the quality of treatment at foreign clinics. And he says he's never felt better.
When CTV News first talked to Alchenbrack in early March, he showed us how 18 years of MS has disabled him. The father of two walked with effort using two canes, suffered constant fatigue and bouts of vision loss.
"None of the medicines that I've used over the years, the injectable medicines have really worked to stop my MS. It's still progressed," he told us at the time.
After hearing about a new theory that MS might be linked to blocked veins in the neck and chest, he was captivated and found a doctor who would test him for the condition, called CCSVI, or chronic cerebro-spinal venous insufficiency.
Tests confirmed he had a blocked right jugular vein. He decided to get what's been dubbed the "liberation treatment" to open the blocked vein. While many MS experts say the treatment is questionable and needs careful study, Christopher decided he didn't have time for medical research to confirm the theory.
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