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still more to think about this liver issue. i recently went for my 5 year checkup on the liver issues, and they found that my FNH (wow it has a name) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focal_nodular_hyperplasia has grown from 4 cm to 7 cm in 6 years.. then, I found out that FNH is most common for women ag...

but if you lift the head just 5-10 cm, i guess there should not be any extra pressure on spine and pelvis. normal people might have that high pillows (i use a very flat one, neck does not appreciate high pillows)

i need to go and try one of these beds at the shop.. to feel the position.

interesting topic, this one. my liver values in blood tests have been going up and down during the past years, maybe 10 years altogether. up values are not related to drugs or alcohol (have been banned both for some time to test). they even took liver biopsy (horrible) few years back to find out the...

Hi and thank you for this thread, very interesting. i have not read the whole thread, but i'm still interested to give it a go. i'm just wondering, if motorized bed like in the pic below would be ok (i would really like the easy adjustment of head side), or does it require a completely flat bed tilt...

about the sonography question, maybe this wikipedia article might help: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_ultrasonography to me it sounds that e.g. doppler is one method to enhance sonography. "Diagnostic sonography (ultrasonography) is an ultrasound-based diagnostic imaging technique used t...

hello from helsinki! so nice to see more finnish people here. i'm waiting for my neurologist appointment becoming soon, and would really like to hear how it went for your wife's appointments! i'm covered by finnish health system, so i go to helsinki university hospital for checkups. they do have goo...

we should have some cross-check that is ccsvi related to smoking and how.. i have been smoking over 15 years, i know it can't be good but have not had good enough reason to quit..

i really recommend some soothing drug to be taken before (they gave me something before, but dose was not enough last time) i have had the test 2 times. first time was bad, but excellent compared to the other. it was taken in sitting position and bending forward. one try was enough. i was ok afterwa...

this "stopping ms on mice" news was a bit puzzling. how do they cause mice those ms-like symptoms, when they don't know what triggers ms symptoms on humans? maybe this is just stupid from me..

hmm. maybe this would be worth testing for me too. i have always had dry skin, and especially in young age it was bad. i still easily have skin infections that go on forever (months at least)

diet low-carb which is high in fat helps my skin to be "greased from inside".

i have been thinking that is it possible that neurologists might be against the ccsvi theory, due to that
a) drug industry and drug research is a major money business
b) theory goes out of their expertise with neurological system to vascular system?

I'll help look but I thought we discussed this about a year and some states were and some states weren't accepting blood. really red cross accepting blood donations from people with ms? i was so sad i had to stop donating, since my blood is of popular O brand, but in Finland, they don't accept my b...

very interesting studies. if i understood correctly, they are saying that ms comes originally from infection, and has spread e.g. with the vikings to US. and the british bought it to faroe islands.

i have been thinking that several patients in finnish site said that bowing neck down front may cause very nasty sensation in the whole body, like a flash going through it.
well this would make sense, if bowing your head makes the veins even more narrow..

hey there, recently saw an article musing on the disparity in MS between the finnish and the sami of northern finland. also have recently been reading about the poor soil/groundwater selenium status, in addition to low national vitamin D, in finland. the finnish govt has been working to address bot...