Hant Harbour’s Dave King suffers from Multiple Sclerosis (MS), a disease that affects the Central Nervous system, and it’s classified as a very disabling disease.
"There's no point in becoming discouraged or downhearted," 47-year-old Dave King said. "If you take that attitude, you're not going to get better."

Diagnosed with MS in 1996, King has ever since used all of his energy to fight this disabling disease. Since the time he was diagnosed, he tried several different medications, including chemotherapy, IV steroids and daily injections.

"I've tried them all," King said. "The only hope with needles is to keep you in the place where you currently are."

The 47 year old MS patient compares MS to "a leaky faucet. It's always there."

It’s the determination that King showed towards fighting the disease that kept him out of the wheelchair – which is more or less unavoidable when it comes to MS. However, his freedom of movement is impaired. He has problems with leg mobility, and used to have tremors in his right hand before travelling to Halifax to undergo deep-brain stimulation.  For King, there is still hope, though.
Researchers and scientists around the world are working towards understanding the disease better and delivering new treatments  and making new advances into curing MS.
One of the latest innovations in the treatment of multiple sclerosis is the liberation treatment, aka chronic cerebro-spinal venous insufficiency ( CCSVI).

Since this treatment is not yet available in Canada, King will need to go to Bulgaria – one of the few countries that performs this treatment. He’s going to go there in early November.
Even if CCSVI is a revolutionary treatment,  there’s no guarantee of success – however, there are some MS patients in the province that tried this treatment ( of course, travelling abroad) and have seen a great improvement in their condition.

"It's preliminary; however, I could see it working. It allows the blood in your brain to flow again." Dave King said.

The procedure doesn’t come cheap though, as the price tag is around $200,000, and the provincial Medical Care Plan can’t cover this cost, which means that all expenses will be Dave King’s responsibility.
In order to raise funds for King, a community committee was formed, and various events are being planned in order to raise the necessary amounts of money needed for this treatment. The Heart’s Content branch of the Royal Bank has an account opened in the name of “ Dave King – Benefit Fund Committee” for those that wish to make donations.