Bloomington man with MS seeks to raise money for rare treatment

Posted on August 26, 2015

Sean Bennett was diagnosed with MS in June. (Photo courtesy Sean Bennett)

By Cynthia Grau

BLOOMINGTON – A Bloomington man has decided to attempt to raise $50,000 to raise awareness for multiple sclerosis.

Sean Bennett, who was born and raised in Pontiac, was recently diagnosed with MS and in a short time, has experienced the devastating effects of the autoimmune disease. He has researched a treatment not offered in the United States called HSCT (hematopoietic stem cell transplantation), which uses the patient’s own stem cells to not only treat the disease, but as some claim, nearly cures it.

Bennett is looking to experience the treatment and through his research has found has a 91-percent success rate while he raises awareness of the treatment itself.

“For the last seven months, I have gone from walking to barely being able to stand or walk. I was diagnosed in June this year and even if I don’t raise the money, everyone deserves this treatment. Nobody deserves to live with multiple sclerosis,” Bennett said.

Information about HSCT can be found on Bennett’s GoFundMe page at gofundme.com/773rp2nu.

Cynthia Grau can be reached at [email protected].

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