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FarmVille Freak Liberate Dave Contest Update!
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Hello FarmVille Freaks!
We hope you are enjoying FarmVille Double Mastery and also your Labor Day weekend for those in the United States. We would like to update you on our FarmVille Freak Liberate Dave Contest.
While FarmVille Freak Dave_NC is still on the waiting list for his surgery or “Liberation Treatment”, we are still continuing with our fund-raising efforts and will announce the winners of the FarmVille Freak Liberate Dave Contest this upcoming week.
If you missed our initial post about Dave_NC who lives with Multiple Sclerosis and our FarmVille Freak Liberate Dave Contest, read below for more details.
Thank you for your support and participation!
-FarmGoddess
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Here’s what FarmVille Freak blogger Cabbage Patch Kid has to say,
“This FarmVille Freak Contest is one very close to the FarmVille Freak Family’s hearts. Our very own graphic designer FarmVille Freak Dave_NC suffers from multiple sclerosis and is seeking a new cutting edge treatment that may vastly improve the quality of his life, but is also very costly. Through my time at FarmVille Freak, Dave has become one of my closest and most valued friends, he is a unique and genuinely good person who has touched so many FarmVille Freak’s lives
I, along with FarmGoddess & Dr.Greenthumb, our FarmVille Moderators/Bloggers and valued regulars in chat ask you to take a moment to read a note from Dave_NC to the entire FarmVille Freak Community about his condition and situation.”
A Letter from Dave_NC:
Hello fellow freaks! Most of you know me as Dave_NC from the chat or from the graphic design stuff I have helped with on the FVF site. First, I would like to thank everyone in the FVF family for putting this together and helping to spread the word on CCSVI and MS.
I am sure you are asking what is CCSVI, MS, and what does it have to do with Dave_NC? It’s not possible for me to cover everything here but I will give you the basics as quickly as I can. In August of 2008 I awoke one Saturday unable to see out of my left eye. After a rather heart wrenching journey I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in October of 2008. For those not familiar with MS, it has always been categorized as an autoimmune disease that affects the brain and spinal cord (Central Nervous System). MS is a very unique disease and affects everyone differently and to varying degrees. In 2009 a breakthrough discovery was made, called CCSVI (Chronic Cerebrospinal Venous Insufficiency). To put it simply as possible CCSVI is a plumbing problem in your veins, where blood can’t drain from the brain and spine because of blockages. Through tests, blockages are identified, then treated with an angioplasty procedure using balloons or stents. This has been named the Liberation Treatment, because MS patients are being liberated from their symptoms. The treatment is giving many with MS their functional lives back. It is truly remarkable.
In June, I decided to move ahead and get the treatment. I am in full fund raising mode to help me afford the procedure, as I await the exact date for treatment. If you would like to read more of my story, including how everything goes with my upcoming Liberation Treatment, you can start at “The Beginning” on my blog (http://mylifewms.blogspot.com). To pitch in and help or to learn more about CCSVI and the Liberation Treatment, please go here (http://www.liberatedave.com). There is lots of information, including quite a few videos. Please pass along the news about CCSVI and the Liberation Treatment to everyone you know who may be touched by MS.
Please donate to a wonderful person and cause by purchasing a Liberate Dave bracelet:
We at FarmVille Freak want to do anything we can to assist Dave_NC! So, Liberate Dave Contest here we come!
CCSVI and MS FarmVille Freak themed banner contest information:
Since Dave_NC is our Graphic artist, it is only fitting that we hold a graphics Banner Contest in his honor! Dave will be the judge of all the entries and we will reward the top 3 banners with the following prizes:
1st Place will win a $25 FarmVille Giftcard and a FarmVille Freak T- Shirt
2nd Place will win a $10 FarmVille Giftcard and a FarmVille Freak T- Shirt
3rd Place will win a $10 FarmVille Giftcard and a FarmVille Freak T- Shirt
Banner Requirements:
- Needs to be 695px width by 141px height.
- Your chance to show off your farms, digital artistry, and creativity.
- You may use the FarmVille Freak logo.
- The banner will need to FarmVille themed, but also represent the Liberate Dave and MS causes.
- Send all submissions to CabbagePatchKid@FarmVilleFreak.com
Liberate Dave FarmVille Freak Farm Decoration Contest:
We all know that FarmVille Freaks love to decorate, so we would love to see a FarmVille Freak themed farm! FarmGoddess, the creator of FarmVille Freak, will be personally picking the most amazing FVF themed farm!
Prize: The winner of this contest will receive a $25 FarmVille Giftcard and a FarmVille Freak T-shirt!
- Send your submissions to farmgoddess@farmvillefreak.com
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Thank you to all FarmVille Freaks and especially FarmVille Freak Dave_NC for your work and continued support.
If you would like to read more about Dave’s fight with MS, you can read his personal blog at
Link: MyLifeWMS
If you would like to learn more about CCSVI, MS, the Liberation Treatment, and donate to his cause, please visit:
Link: LiberateDave.com
Tags: CCSVI, Dave_NC, farmville.com, farmvillefreak.com, liberate dave contest, liberatedave.com, liberation treatment, MS, multiple sclerosis
Posted on September 5th, 2010 at 2:49 pm
My name is Lindsey. I’m a 19 year old college student and my mother also suffers from MS. She does not play Farmville; much to my protests.
My mother was diagnosed in 2004. Her first symptom was a tingling sensation in her left foot. She once told me that she felt as though she was walking on a sponge. It was then I realized that she had little feeling left in her foot at all. She struggled to be diagnosed as many physicians are unable to diagnose due to the multitude of symptoms that MS sufferers present with. In the past few years her symptoms have increased. She has trouble remembering the little things that you and I take for granted. She often can’t remember conversations that she has had and it sadens me as her daughter to think that one day she may not remember her life or the many memories we’ve made together. She also has recently found herself struggling to recall words. Its hard to see her struggle to express herself verbally…
She has been told recently by her neurologist that she has 10 lesions in her brain but all are currently inactive. She takes a shot everyday and finds them very troublesome and painful but necessary.
I want Dave to know that he is not alone. The MS Connections community is both instuctive and supportive as we try to get the word out on the disease. I know that as the daughter of an MS sufferer, I want the word out. MS is a debilitating and lifelong disease but there is hope. The new treatment plans are giving MS sufferes new light. My mother has not yet decided to go through with the new Liberation Treatment but were keeping a look out for treatment options.
Keep Strong and Enjoy Every Day,
Lindsey
Posted on September 5th, 2010 at 6:23 pm
Can we still send our banners?
There’s not really a date announced so I’m wondering??
Posted on September 6th, 2010 at 4:24 am
When will be the deadline for the banner?
Posted on September 6th, 2010 at 12:07 pm
what does 695px mean? how big is that?
Posted on September 6th, 2010 at 3:03 pm
Hi, I hope you accept submissions until tomorrow because I will absolutely send one in. Good luck with everything, Dave – I’ve heard about this treatment and am so glad that breakthroughs are being made.
Posted on September 7th, 2010 at 2:08 am
where’s the next update? argh
Posted on September 7th, 2010 at 9:16 am
is it just me , but it’s tuesday afternoon and i’m still getting the double mastery ! not complaining
Posted on September 7th, 2010 at 11:19 am
I’m a 23 year old living with MS as well, I was diagnosed in April with 9 lesions as of 2 weeks ago. It’s an up hill battle everyday. I hope Dave gets the treatment he needs as soon as possible and stays optimistic.
-Melissa
Posted on December 2nd, 2010 at 2:37 pm
The CCSVI Liberation Treatment could be the cure but fact remains that the rate of re-occlusion is stuck at 50% and MS patients being treated in the European and Asian countries end up suffering as they did, 3 months ago. While Big Pharmaceutical Corporations and governments in the US and Canada are coming up with new ideas to stop any advancements to the CCSVI theory (Like the superbugs, etc.), millions continue to travel to countries like India and Poland to get this simple procedure and no valuable data is recorded to support the CCSVI theory. Unless we get our position strong enough to support the CCSVI Theory, we will never be able to beat the Pharma Corporations or start the treatment here and many will keep suffering and dying even after having the procedure done. I lost my elder brother last month because of a blood clot in his stent. He got liberated 5 months ago in Poland. We need to prove to the government that this works. Non-profit organizations like the CCSVI Clinic http://www.ccsviclinic.ca/ are tirelessly working to develop safer protocols with teams of world renowned surgeons even though they are feeling the negative pressure from you know who. This Atlanta based Organization has started Clinical Trials for CCSVI and we need to support these groups because they are our only hope to fight for the truth. Without the valuable data that they are collecting offshore, the procedures will not be allowed here, in our own countries.