David Ozzello

Age 54, USA

Multiple Sclerosis

Watch David's video on Vimeo here.

Condition Before Treatment

David was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis when he was in his twenties. He describes how that diagnosis affected his life,

“When I was diagnosed early on, I was 22, I had just gotten married, I married young, and I remember that quite clearly. It was a bad situation and I had been married now for a year, and I said to my wife, she doesn't remember this, but I said to her, That I have MS and you might want to move on. she chose not to move on and I was happy about that, I'm still happy about that!”

In his thirties, his MS when into remission and David thought that he had beat the disease. Unfortunately, in his forties his legs started getting weaker and his balance worsened. Multiple Sclerosis was back. He started to take conventional MS medications but felt that the side effects where having too much of a negative effect on his quality of life. It was at this point that he started looking for other treatment options and eventually decided to receive adult stem cell therapy in China.

Treatment in China

David received five umbilical cord blood stem cell injections. He also received physical therapy, occupational therapy, electric wave therapy, and acupuncture.

Dave describes his treatment in china, 

"When you got there, it was two different distinct procedures. Number one was the umbilical cord stem cells and that's why I went there. But the bonus was the ancient Chinese medicine that I was exposed to when I was there. And by ancient Chinese medicine I mean the therapies that went along with the stem cells, like physical therapy and the acupuncture. And I did better there. That program gave me 23 months, almost 2 years of walking without a wheel chair, walking without a cane."

Condition After Returning Home

At the hospital in China, Dave noticed some of the effects of stem cells immediately after he received his first IV. 

"After the IVs the very next day I felt like I was younger again, I felt like I was able to walk again, and I believe it would be nice if StemCellsChina could send me stem cells so I could get them done here!"

However he didn't feel consistent improvement until about 3 months after treatment,

"And the one thing that I remember--and I have told many people this--I stopped using my brace, I stopped using my cane. The only time I would use my cane is if I needed it to move something and I liked the fact that I didn't use a cane."

David was able to move about without the help of a cane and even go skiing for about 2 years after receiving stem cell treatment, and is now considering going back for another round of treatment.