Dr. Kirsty Duncan makes a call.
Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 12:56 pm
This morning I got a very nice phone call from Dr. Kirsty Duncan. She told me something I have heard, unsolicited, from most of those who have not seen me since before my Procedure. I didn't prompt it, but the first thing she said was how different I sounded. She said I did not sound like the same person. I have only talked to her a few times.
To get momentarily technical, that is good news to me because I have been worried, about restenosis, and about walking not coming immediately back. I have been worried about my azygous, but now instead, maybe I am getting some breath control. It is affected by the azygous. Things do improve, and they have been sliding downhill a long time. Climbing back up will not be a piece of cake, but that's the direction I might be headed.
I was just pondering (I have more time for that than a lot of people). Someone here said something about Dr. Sclafani being surprised at the difference the Procedure made in people, or something to that effect. Something like "did I do that?"
That might be the explanation for a lot of the push-back from neurologists. Of course, I'm wondering, and I'm sure a lot of you are, why? Why so much skepticism. Skepticism is a healthy, good thing and necessary for self-preservation. But why so much of it, for so long, at so much cost?
I think maybe part of the answer to that is exposure. I remember saying, well if 50% of 'MS' patients have CCSVI, you don't have to test very many to see it. A handful should convince. Maybe the profession is being dragged down that road partly because there is so much momentum (150 years worth), so much ego and money tied in it. But also, maybe partly because they have not been exposed enough to the beneficial results. Some may go into medicine because they are greedy, egotistical, etc. But I think even those who are there for the wrong reasons get enough of doing good, that they can't help but find out, helping people is a better thing than not. To see the results of the Procedure, sure, you have to have an open mind. Perhaps a disadvantage, though, of being on the skeptical side of this argument is that you are not easily exposed to the Eureka times, and incredible joy that happens. So you don't get to see what all the fuss is about, and you don't have a chance to have your mind changed. You might even avoid it.
Just a thought.
Another thought. Another side of that, for somebody like Dr. Duncan: it must do things to your head to see so many results. She meets a lot of people, and it must be quite dumbfounding and perhaps freakish to see people walk up to her after having been in a chair for 10 years. One can see why you might get carried away. I hope we can all keep some of our cool.
pw"MS' can be pessimistic, sour, and easily annoyed. We might be unpleasant to be around. All the more reason that this Procedure is going to acquire an unstoppable momentum. The more pleasant people there are around, the easier it gets to 'pay it forward'.
To get momentarily technical, that is good news to me because I have been worried, about restenosis, and about walking not coming immediately back. I have been worried about my azygous, but now instead, maybe I am getting some breath control. It is affected by the azygous. Things do improve, and they have been sliding downhill a long time. Climbing back up will not be a piece of cake, but that's the direction I might be headed.
I was just pondering (I have more time for that than a lot of people). Someone here said something about Dr. Sclafani being surprised at the difference the Procedure made in people, or something to that effect. Something like "did I do that?"
That might be the explanation for a lot of the push-back from neurologists. Of course, I'm wondering, and I'm sure a lot of you are, why? Why so much skepticism. Skepticism is a healthy, good thing and necessary for self-preservation. But why so much of it, for so long, at so much cost?
I think maybe part of the answer to that is exposure. I remember saying, well if 50% of 'MS' patients have CCSVI, you don't have to test very many to see it. A handful should convince. Maybe the profession is being dragged down that road partly because there is so much momentum (150 years worth), so much ego and money tied in it. But also, maybe partly because they have not been exposed enough to the beneficial results. Some may go into medicine because they are greedy, egotistical, etc. But I think even those who are there for the wrong reasons get enough of doing good, that they can't help but find out, helping people is a better thing than not. To see the results of the Procedure, sure, you have to have an open mind. Perhaps a disadvantage, though, of being on the skeptical side of this argument is that you are not easily exposed to the Eureka times, and incredible joy that happens. So you don't get to see what all the fuss is about, and you don't have a chance to have your mind changed. You might even avoid it.
Just a thought.
Another thought. Another side of that, for somebody like Dr. Duncan: it must do things to your head to see so many results. She meets a lot of people, and it must be quite dumbfounding and perhaps freakish to see people walk up to her after having been in a chair for 10 years. One can see why you might get carried away. I hope we can all keep some of our cool.
pw"MS' can be pessimistic, sour, and easily annoyed. We might be unpleasant to be around. All the more reason that this Procedure is going to acquire an unstoppable momentum. The more pleasant people there are around, the easier it gets to 'pay it forward'.