A local woman is getting set to make the trip to Russia for a ‘game changing’ new MS treatment.
Karen McKenna from Clones suffers from Multiple Sclerosis and over the last 16 weeks has managed to raise €70,000 in order to travel to Moscow and undergo a stem cell treatment.
The treatment known as Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation is a complex new procedure that requires a bone marrow transplant similar to that used by oncologists for certain blood cancers.
MS is a disease that affects the brain, spinal cord, and immune system, gradually leading to a number of disabilities which Karen has likened to waiting for an inevitable train crash.
Karen joined Caroline Gauley on The Wider View and started by explaining how far she's come in the last few weeks:
