All depending on your internet set-up, however you could possibly be the same as me. I personally do not have a fixed IP address. So, every time I reboot my modem, I get a different IP address. With a different IP address, the web site has no idea I just downloaded 400+ mb (i look like a new user), and so I can start downloading the next portion straight away. I have the reboot of my modem configured as a script, however the same thing is achieved by turning it off for a few seconds then back on again.Algis wrote:I am still downloading it (75%~) - it is a real pain since "I" am limited to 500MB "per passport" which seems to last for 36 hours. It will not take credit card from my area...
CureOrBust wrote:Admittedly I have yet to view the symposium video, but I was wondering if there is anyone else out there using IVUS for CCSVI?
fogdweller wrote:Dr. S, I have been greatly concerned over the definition of CCSVI and the degree of variability between patients. Many contributers here and on other threads talk of whether a person has CCSVI or not as if it were a simple thing like wether they had two kidneys or not.
Is it that simple and the easily determined between individuals? It seems to me that every person's veinous system is unique and very complex, and some may be very sensitive to small disruptions and others relatively insensitive to the same disruption. A blockage at one location might be very problematic for one patient and relatively benign for another. Similarly the testing and imaging techniques employed might find problems in a patient where different imaging technique in the same individuals, or different definition of CCSVI might find the opposite. Is that correct?
Did you and your collegues reach a consensus as to what constitutes CCSVI and what imaging protocol to follow?
Also, did you discuss how you would conduct a clinical trial to blind both patients and physicians?
I appplologize if the answers to these questions are on the video of the conference, but I haven't been able to find that.
CureOrBust wrote:Admittedly I have yet to view the symposium video, but I was wondering if there is anyone else out there using IVUS for CCSVI?
I spoke with my Dr, and he said he would be prepared to use IVUS on me if I covered the additional costs (ie the single-use catheter), which I would be more than prepared to foot the bill for.
msjen wrote:I am wondering about the stenosis coming and going thing again. When I have an MS "relapse" it lasts for about a two or more weeks. Is this related to the oxygen deprivation in the brain or what?? Thanks!
kaboodah wrote:Dr. S -
I know you are not an MS doctor, you do the plumbing (so to speak). I am wondering if you have a theoretical answer to this though. If our veins are blocked, they don't block and unblock themselves, right? Why the relapses? It would seem to me that if our veins are continuously blocked then we would be in a continuous relapse, right?
L wrote:When will your IRB be considering another proposal for a study Dr Sclafani?
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