This Is MS Multiple Sclerosis Knowledge & Support Community

Been waiting for you guys to be up and running. Beautiful site with a great cast of board members. THANK YOU THANK YOU.

Sharon and all Members of the CCSVI Alliance Board

Thanks so much for the terrific site and your passion and dedication to the "cause".

Given some of the forces at work in the U.S., coupled with the negativity of some and the lack of any leadership honestly pursuing CCSVI, I've been fearful that it might evolve into one of those dreaded "black holes" .

I fear no more and I sure hope those of you in New York (you too Cheer) are all celebrating. Great day all the way around.

The other "Sharon"

A special posting to recognize the Patient Advisory Board ( PAB) of the CCSVI Alliance

The PAB is a group of dedicated, awesome people who have volunteered their time to the Alliance. Each one has spent a great deal of time lending their support to the Alliance Board. We have relied on them to connect with the MS patient community, to contribute their expertise to the website whether it be creatively or techinically, and to help with the important day to day tasks of monitoring the Alliance website.

Please look at the PAB list on the Alliance website http://tinyurl.com/2crx79p
Recognize their efforts ... you probably know most of these people from TIMS...send them a private message.

The Alliance Board is fortunate to be supported by this wonderful group of people.

THANK YOU PAB's!!

Sharon

Congratulations to the Board of the CCSVI Alliance! and thanks for your hard work in setting up an organization that speaks for and advocates for persons with MS. This is a new beginning.

And now it's time for all of us MSers to do our part in spreading the word to other MSers and the people who love them that this is the organization that should be receiving their support and donations.

And I love the logo - opening veins and opening minds! Beautiful!

Thank you!
Laura

Thanks to everyone for all of the support and feedback regarding the site.

http://www.ccsvi.org/

media@ccsvi.org for media related inquiries
treasurer@ccsvi.org for donation, funding, or other financial issues
sciencewriter@ccsvi.org for questions or comments on the research, science, and theory of CCSVI and its presentation on this site
webmaster@ccsvi.org to report a broken link or any problem encountered on the web site
info@ccsvi.org for all other communication

Since this group came together from relationships on this site--we appreciate your input. Thanks to Aaron and all of the TIMS volunteers for allowing truly independent discourse.
cheer

is there a form email we could use to introduce physicians to the site?

CCSVI Alliance folks,

I think now quite a bit of action is happening in this area. I was thinking if there is some way each of these Drs currently treating/studying can share info with each other. Is ccsvi alliance thinking of providing such a platform or connect to enable this?

sbr487 wrote:CCSVI Alliance folks,

I think now quite a bit of action is happening in this area. I was thinking if there is some way each of these Drs currently treating/studying can share info with each other. Is ccsvi alliance thinking of providing such a platform or connect to enable this?

Part of our mission will be hosting symposiums/conferences (like the recent one held at SUNY Downstate) to allow the doctors to share research and interface with patients. We are also members of the Endovascular Forum, the online presence for IRs and endovascular doctors, where cases are shared and discussed by the doctors. This particular group of doctors is very open to collaboration (how refreshing!) and because interventional radiology is considered a new and burgeoning field, these doctors know each other and read each other's research.
cheer

bretzke wrote:
The mention of stents plays into the naysayers bag of tricks.

Brian

The neigh-sayers have already worn that one out. Even if a stent had caused a death (which it didn't) the likelihood decreases every day. If any surgeon doing CCSVI treatment has not heard that chestnut by now. they haven't been paying attention.