EXCLUSIVE How six 'remarkable' shots gave me my life back after doctors said nothing could treat my MS READ MORE: Neurologists discover first 'warning signs' of MS By Maiya Focht For Dailymail.Com Published: 07:31 EDT, 1 June 2024 | Updated: 15:47 EDT, 3 June 2024 e-mail 62 shares 18 View comments When Robbin Gordon-Cartier was first diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at 50 years old she felt like she was 'just waiting to die.' Her busy life as a harpist, full-time teacher and travelling performer was slowly eroding because of the disease, as she succumbed to daily pain, fatigue and a limp that was getting progressively worse.
She gave up performing entirely, since she couldn't carry her kit around with her. Most upsetting, her hands, which are the key to her intricate instrument, would become numb and tingle at random - as if she'd been sitting on them for too long. 'I was going straight down hill, and that was that,' the New Jersey native, now 64, told DailyMail.
com. The first doctor she saw diagnosed her with an advanced form of the disease that is resistant to available treatments, and affects roughly 1million Americans. But in 2019, a new doctor enrolled her in a clinical trial of a promising new treatment that involved using her body's own cells to fight disease.
Robbin Gordon-Cartier was first diagnosed with MS when she was 50 years old. No one in her family has the disease, but she found solace and community in a coworker who was also diagnosed with the condition Dr Vi.
