" no radio waves", blossom
Still having trouble getting just TWO, two people.
I forgot to mention that stents are a disqualifier (for me too!).
1. Local to So Cal
2. Prefer ambulatory but that's not a firm requirement.
3. Newly dx'd would be great, but not mandatory.
4. Previously angio'd is just fine. Never ballooned is fine too.
5. RRMS obviously, at this stage is preferred, esp. In relapse mode.
Again, not a stiff requirement, but preferred. He plans to eventually "branch out"
to Azy treatment, but that obviously involves a different level of
refinement. we aren't there yet.
6. Commit to several weeks (Saturdays are fine) for the pre-scanning (note I didn't say "pre-op".).
Both before and after the procedure.
7. Capacity to enjoy a very pleasant, and intelligent Dr. in his own
office. No "clinic" setting involved. The first patient insisted I be
there for her husband's treatment, the Dr. had also invited me.
It was an honor beyond comprehension. We talk a lot now.
However, just for the record, I have an IMMENSE respect for
patient confidentiality. I'm the go between to get you from where you
are now, to there. After that it's all you. One MS patient to another.
Nothing, and I mean nothing, will be rebroadcast on the internet. Everything
I have stated about the first patient has been with their explicit permission. I'm a
stickler about that stuff. FYI.
And it won't cost you one stinkin dime. It's investigational.
You will leave with no embedded foreign objects, or unimbedded
for that matter. You will take no post op drugs. You will have no exterior
medical "appliances". And frankly, if all the above is you, to not take
advantage at this early juncture is a missed opportunity.
I.E., I have zero vested interest, only as a former MS patient
myself. This isn't the be all end all, it is just another tool at our
disposal. Please, avail yourself.
PM me, I am just screening a bit for the Dr so he doesn't get
inundated! (IE Dr. Dake's asst STILL gets calls asking about his study, this
is one of the pitfalls of the internets).
MARK MILLER
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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