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If I had known about Dr. Zamboni’s CCSVI blood reflux theory in 1992, I wouldn’t need a cane to walk today. A neck massage pushing the blood down towards the heart is enough to stop an attack for me. Apparently two thirds of MS patients treated for CCSVI obtain little or no relief from angioplasty. The jugular vein "restenoses" 50% of the time. If the vein collapses so easily, it may open easily as well. I believe the various vein abnormalities (wall membrane too thin?) can be more subtle than a mechanically treatable stenosis. Blood circulation can be restricted by a weakened vein which narrows intermittently or collapses because of stress and can be kept open without angioplasty by removing the stress (e.g.glutens, aspartame, mercury fillings, mother, cold, flus, toxins, ambition) and enhancing blood circulation (massage, acupuncture, kinesiology, osteopathy, swimming.) For these patients toxic MS drugs may aggravate the problem. Individual solutions for the venous blood circulation problem can be as varied as the multiple stress factors which trigger it. That is why what works for one MS patient may not work for another. See MS Cure Enigmas.net.

That is about the best synopsis I've ever seen. Great blog too, at first it looks like an ad to direct to some clinic or something but it's not, unless I missed something. Impressive and very well written. Thanks for posting.

Mark

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RRMS Dx'd 2007, first episode 2004. Bilateral stent placement, 3 on left, 1 stent on right, at Stanford August 2009. Watch my operation video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwc6QlLVtko, Virtually symptom free since, no relap

Thanks for the positive feedback Mark. No, it's not an ad, I'm not selling anything, I just want to inform. My computer is slow so I haven't been able to watch your video, but I'll get to it. (Also I belong to the pre computer stone age generation and have minimal skills.) Thanks again

"two thirds of MS patients treated for CCSVI obtain little or no relief from angioplasty". The actual number is closer to thirty percent.

Thanks milesap. I took that statment from something said by Dr. Siskin that one third obtained no relief and one third just a little. But since things are evolving fast, that may no longer be true.

If getting rid of stress would have allowed me to walk without my walker, I might have noticed it in the last 10 years. But let me tell you, "MS" causes stress. Especially when you can't drive, or walk a normal amount of fast. Tell me more about this in another 10 years. I don't use the EDSS. I use: 1 cane once in a awhile --> 1 cane all the time --> 2 canes and/or walker sometimes --> 2 canes and/or walker all the time --> wheelchair once in awhile --> wheelchair all the time (-->???). I was in a wheelchair full-time. I have been in a walker full-time since my procedure. That's been my disability scale so far. I do 1 hour of dumbbell & other workouts now, 3x a week usually. I do 6-8 km on my tricycle on rolling terrain (off-road) 1-3x/week in the summer, though hot weather has kept me indoors more this year.

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CCSVI procedure Albany Aug 2010
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It sounds like you are exercising alot. Ever since I read about the CCSVI blood circulation theory it changed my life since I've developed self help techniques to keep MS under control. I no longer have the anxiety that any moment I'll fall apart. I just posted in the general section Acupuncture Acupressure Self Help which might interest you. Check it out.