OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - She’s pioneering a journey in medicine. A Nebraska woman has become the first patient in the world to undergo a groundbreaking new treatment for multiple sclerosis.

“I really was starting to decline,” Jan Janisch-Hanzlik said.

Seven years ago, Janisch-Hanzlik began experiencing symptoms she couldn’t explain.

“There was one day I was just sitting there and the numbness from my toes slowly went up on the right side of my body,” she said.

She rushed to the doctor, where she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. But despite starting treatment, none of the medications were working.

“Within three months after my diagnosis, I was not responding to any medications,” Janisch-Hanzlik said. “My gait really worsened… I was starting to have several falls.”

She was eventually

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