This Is MS Multiple Sclerosis Community: Knowledge & Support

Billmeik,
I think you may be on to something.

I recently got MRI results back from a scan of my brainstem and spine.

I have several lesions in my medulla, as well as my spine. The medulla is located in the lower half of the brainstem.

One of the functions of the medulla is vasomotor control of the body, which includes blood vessel diameter and blood flow.

It seems that lesions in the medulla could be a factor that affects stenosis, as well as several other MS symptoms, including male impotence.

--Tracy

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CCSVI Procedure 9/16/2009 at Stanford
Stent in left and right IJVs
SPMS
Copaxone and Ampyra user

Yes there are several things that go wrong that can become self-reinforcing. Since they are wrong things to start with, we get sicker. We should not give up, though. I am no statistician. I just follow the odds.

Seems to me the main things that can go wrong there (vasomotor control) are fatigue (self-oxygenation, control of glucose flow) and overheating (self-cooling).

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"Try - Just A Little Bit Harder" - Janis Joplin
CCSVI procedure Albany Aug 2010
'_MS' is over - if you want it
Patients sans/without patience