P A T I E N T E X P E R I E N C E - A T A X I A

NAME: David Griffiths

AGE: 49

COUNTRY: British (Wales)

DIAGNOSIS: Ataxia – diagnosed in 1999. The doctors in Queen’s Hospital in London diagnosed as Ideopathic Cerebella Ataxia because they can not make an exact diagnosis.

REASON FOR COMING FOR TREATMENT: Dave has had symptoms from Ataxia for nearly ten years. It started with a wide gait but did not affect his quality of life too much. In the last five years, his right arm began to shake when drinking water. Two years ago, he started noticing that the outside of his upper leg muscles were getting weak. Two years ago, his voice started to thicken and he started slur his words. He was okay in the morning but about 3 to 5 p.m., he would notice that he could not speak clearly. His legs would get weaker and his hands would shake at night. It got bad enough that he would go home early from the office to conceal the problem. Then about a year ago, he started having pain in his calves when walking so he could not walk very far. If he was out, he would always make a point of sitting down near the toilets, so that he would not have to go so far to get there. He would park the car close to a shopping mall because it would be painful to walk far. After about seven in the evening, he would not answer the phone in his house because his voice would be so thick that he was worried people thought he had been drinking.

TREATMENT: Umbilical Cord Stem Cell and Nerve Growth Factor Injections with Rehabilitation Therapy.

START OF TREATMENT: January 12, 2006

BEFORE THE TREATMENT: He had wide gait and balance problems. When getting up from a chair he would stumble and would have to stabilize himself. He had the strength to get out of a chair but he would jump out of the chair as the strength was not controlled. He would get up some mornings and he would feel so weak that he would not go out. He would stay at home for two days so he could save up the strength to go out for one day. He had pain in his legs and he could not carry a cup of tea across the room without spilling. He still could walk for a long time before but he was getting pain and he had to walk at his own pace. If he tried to keep up at the same pace as others, he would get a lot of pain. If someone would walk across his path, it would throw him off his path and he would get a lot of pain trying to get back in stride. When he would stand up to talk to people, his leg would tremble and so he would have to stand against something to steady himself. He also had lasik surgery to correct his eyes but his left eye would not get better. He had lasik surgery done three times in that eye but it still was not better and had to wear glasses to read.

See Videos:

Interview Before 1st Injection
Interview After 3rd Injection - Part 1 , Part 2 , Part 3 , Part 4 , Part 5
Walking Before 1st Injection
Walking Stairs Before 1st Injection
Walking After 2nd Injection
Walking After 3rd Injection
Walking Stairs After 3rd Injection