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by ooohi
Tue Mar 27, 2012 8:27 am
Forum: Chronic Cerebrospinal Venous Insufficiency (CCSVI)
Topic: OPINIONS DR ARATA & DR HEWITT
Replies: 99
Views: 21674

Re: OPINIONS DR ARATA & DR HEWITT

Welcome to the forum, ooohi. The thing that seems pertinent is that valvuloplasty is being performed by all IRs at all clinics. So all research on CCSVI is research on valvuloplasty. The ISNVD 2012 abstracts had some single center studies that were of interest. The amount of research can be overwhe...
by ooohi
Tue Mar 27, 2012 7:53 am
Forum: Chronic Cerebrospinal Venous Insufficiency (CCSVI)
Topic: OPINIONS DR ARATA & DR HEWITT
Replies: 99
Views: 21674

Re: OPINIONS DR ARATA & DR HEWITT

As having been a patient of Synergy, I am sad to report that Synergy does not follow up with a phone call or email. So they cannot even say what percentage are doing well. Hello dania, Thanks for responding. I would really like to know more about your experience if you're willing to say. Perhaps Sy...
by ooohi
Mon Mar 26, 2012 11:43 am
Forum: Chronic Cerebrospinal Venous Insufficiency (CCSVI)
Topic: Synergy experiences
Replies: 8
Views: 2686

Re: Synergy experiences

welcome! I wasn't treated at Synergy, so I can't help you there, but I definitely fall into the "really glad I did this" category and I'm RR in my 30s, diagnosed six years ago, with fairly mild MS except for the fatigue and cogfog and vision weirdness, all of which responded to the proced...
by ooohi
Sun Mar 25, 2012 2:57 pm
Forum: Chronic Cerebrospinal Venous Insufficiency (CCSVI)
Topic: Synergy experiences
Replies: 8
Views: 2686

Synergy experiences

Hello all, I'm contemplating going to Synergy Health Concepts in California in the next month to be diagnosed/treated for CCSVI. I'm from western Canada, in my 40s, have been diagnosed with RRMS two years ago and have a few symptoms that are pretty much constant and some that come and go. I would li...
by ooohi
Thu Mar 22, 2012 10:28 pm
Forum: Chronic Cerebrospinal Venous Insufficiency (CCSVI)
Topic: OPINIONS DR ARATA & DR HEWITT
Replies: 99
Views: 21674

Re: OPINIONS DR ARATA & DR HEWITT

Hi, as someone contemplating going to Synergy in the next month to be diagnosed/treated for CCSVI, I'm very curious to know if there is any follow up knowledge on this. I've heard that valvuloplasty is a good way of treating CCSVI and it lessens the chances of re-stenosis, but this thread introduces...

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