MS blogger's surgery journey

Last Updated: Monday, April 12, 2010 | 9:57 PM ET

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Watch multiple sclerosis blogger Ginger MacQueen who decides to go to Katowice, Poland, to have her veins checked, and follow her into the operating suite.

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