Easing the Pain; Woman with Multiple Sclerosis Shares her Experience

This is a story told by Shauna Fischer, a social worker and young mother of three who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis three years ago. She is sharing her thoughts in the hope that her experience might help others suffering from this disease.
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Oct. 19, 2010 - PRLog -- Contact:  Norm Benedict
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Easing the Pain

Woman with Multiple Sclerosis Shares Her Experience

Shauna Fischer’s Story Helps Prompt Unique Research Study


Cottage Grove, Wisconsin, October 19, 2010 — In recent decades, the number of young women diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, or MS, has grown — women of child-bearing age who are in the prime of their lives.

MS, an inflammatory disease that assaults the central nervous system, brain, spinal cord and optic nerves — is potentially debilitating and painful. For years physicians, scientists and medical researchers have been working to discover its primary cause, the reasons behind its aggressiveness and remission, and to create methods that might improve the quality of life of those who suffer from it.

Shauna Fischer, a 35-year-old Wisconsin social worker and mother of three, was diagnosed with MS in June 2007. “When I was diagnosed” she said, “They found 47 lesions on my brain, more than are usually found. Taking the medications prescribed caused half of the lesions to disappear, but some of the symptoms remained.  That’s why I felt it so important that my recent experience be known to others.”

Among Shauna’s symptoms were muscle spasms that were causing her legs to jerk involuntarily, making it impossible for her to sleep. “I would have to try to sleep on the couch, putting my legs between the cushions to keep them from moving,” she said.

Through an association with an MS support group, she heard about a supplement that could be purchased without prescription. About two months ago, Shauna began taking one 40 mg. supplement before beginning her daily routine each morning.  “It’s been amazing. After only five nights the jerking in my legs was gone, and has not returned.”  

The supplement, based on a jellyfish protein that in university-level research has proven to help protect brain cells, is manufactured by Quincy Bioscience, a biotechnology company focused on the development of health applications derived from this protein source.

“Today, as a result of getting more sound sleep, I am more rested, and better at handling things in my life,” Shauna added.  “But I have also noticed an increase in my cognitive function.  Before going on the supplement my speech was at times somewhat random, and the words coming out of my mouth were not what I wanted to say.  That has ended too.  And what’s even greater is that the product is natural and there are no side effects to deal with.”

As Shauna was experiencing these positive changes in her life, at first she remained cautious about sharing her story. “I didn’t want to give false hope to others, so I waited a month even though I was seeing improvement.  I didn’t want to begin relating my experience until I knew it was the real deal.”

In part as a result of Shauna’s story and of others who have come forward to share similar experiences, Quincy Bioscience, through its research arm, HOPE Trials, has created an innovative study to evaluate the effects of its jellyfish protein-based supplement on quality of life symptoms for those diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.

The study, now recruiting participants, and which will take six months to complete once it gets underway sometime this fall, allows most interactions with study subjects to take place exclusively online.

This inventive procedure allows the data to be created without the subjects having to leave home. “With no need for a clinical trial site,” said Mark Underwood, co-founder and president of six-year-old Quincy Bioscience, “doing trials this way allows us to throw open the doors of recruitment and invite many to participate who might not otherwise be able to, due to travel restrictions.”  

Meanwhile, Shauna Fischer goes on with her life, feeling good about how the supplement has helped her, and “that I’m fortunate in that I can now talk about this to others with MS and give them hope.”

For more information on the progress being made by this revolutionary company, visit www.quincybioscience.com

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