As Neil put it - he faced the rest of his life being unable to move, in a wheelchair. If there was a ray of light under the door, he was going for it. He had NOTHING to lose, which is what many of the people with MS face. My sister was one.

I suggest you talk to someone that has actually had this done. Neil knows two other people near him that have had this procedure and are markedly improved. There is a woman in Calgary who was on the news - she had had this and again, there was improvement.

Neil told me that his surgeon mentioned stents - he doesn't use them because they necessitate about a year of blood thinners, and he doesn't like to use those drugs.

If you read Neil's letters to the editor about this subject, you would see he is anything but vulnerable (and gullible). There are calls in Canada to do studies on this technique - but it rocks the apple cart and too many people would lose jobs and money if it worked even 50% of the time.

I can easily believe it was known many years ago...it's medical politics that prohibits it from being studied properly. JMO. There have been protests by MS patients at various hospitals.

If you deny people a chance at life, they will take matters into their own hands, whatever the chances.

Wouldn't you?