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More comments from my buddy, a cardiologist at Stanford: " I looked over the paper. I think it confirms the strong association between kinks in the neck veins and MS but the proof that stenting the neck veins improves MS is tenuous unfortunately. By reporting only on the MS subjects that were i...

Hey beyond...your buddy surely knows Dr. Dake. He should sit down with him and discuss. The venous stents place in MSers so far have endothelialized really well. My hubby's had the hardest time and needed two balloonings, but it wasn't due to thrombosis. MSers are not looking thrombotic. So that &q...

My good buddy is a radiologist in Montreal. He took me in the morning and did an ultrasound on my neck. Sure enough, there was blockage in one spot of my right jugular vein (I saw it, totally blocked then opened up as he went higher). He also found a kink on my left side. He told me to discuss with ...

A buddy of mine who is a cardiologist at Stanford wrote me this: The honoraria does not mean much. He is helping the companies who have expertise in developing medicines. They need the clinical expertise to compliment their own expertise in drug development. Honoraria disclosures should not be autom...

Financial disclosure: According to a recent paper ( "Magnetic Resonance Imaging Predictors of Conversion to Multiple Sclerosis in the BENEFIT Study"), Dr. Freedman has received honoraria from Bayer Schering Pharma AG, Biogen Idec, Bioms, Teva, Merck-Serono, Novartis, Sanofi-Aventis, and P...

11-25-2009: The Ottawa Citizen reports that MS expert downplays Italian surgeon’s treatment. With all due respect to Dr. Freedman, I think MS patients have absolutely nothing to lose by testing themselves to see if indeed they have partially or completely blocked veins. I come from a family of docto...

Have not been here in a while but after 12 years of MS, this is exciting stuff. My radioogist found blockage in my right jugular vein and a kink in the left one. I will proceed with further tests, inlcuding a CT scan with contrast and an MRV (MRI for the veinss).

BMS

Here is an interesting article. Happy New Year to all of you!!!! beyondms Brain says to spine 'heal thyself': study by Marlowe Hood1 hour, 29 minutes ago Tiny nerves crisscrossing the spine can bypass crippling injuries recently written off as irreversible, scientists reported in a study published M...

UCB and Biogen Idec's Oral VLA-4 Antagonist (CDP323) Enters Phase II Development for Multiple Sclerosis Brussels (Belgium) and Cambridge, MA (USA) - June 26, 2007- 7:00 am CET - UCB (Euronext Brussels: UCB) and Biogen Idec (NASDAQ: BIIB) today announced the initiation of a Phase II study of CDP323 -...

This article came out yesterday. Anyone ever try spine decompression? New Non-Surgical Back Pain Treatment Offers a Healthy Alternative to Back Surgery Tue Jun 19, 3:01 AM ET Recent studies have suggested that back surgery may not be necessary for the relief of back pain. Manhattan spinal decompress...

I thank all of you for your encouraging advice. I keep telling myself, one day at a time. Things will get better. I also pray a lot more these days. I am not religious but it calms me and God always listens to my troubles.

Sincerely,

beyondms

I try to control it before it gets out of control. I mean, if I feel some stress coming on and it is becoming annoying, I try to decrease it right away by finding either a solution to the problem, talking it over with people I trust, doing things to relax me (reading or watching a good movie) and s...

I am curious: How do you deal with bouts of anxiety? I do not mean petty anxiety but real anxiety where you feel overwhelmed? I know there are professionals but isn't it normal to feel like this when you're going through a hard time?

beyondms

More positive news for vitamin D.... Vitamin D dramatically cuts cancer risk: study CTV.ca News Staff Updated: Thu. Jun. 7 2007 10:54 PM ET A landmark new study is raising the tantalizing spectre that a simple and cheap vitamin supplement may offer a highly effective way of preventing cancer. The re...

I'm glad your docs found this. I've had a lamonectomy/distectomy on 2 disks and the surgery worked wonders for me. I hope your docs can fix this. This is really good info for folks. Thanks napay, NHE, I hope so too. My back pain has been there for years and yet my doctors kept dismissing it, saying...