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dr s

thankyou so much for looking at my images and providing such valuable feedback.

thanks again, nico

Hi Dr S., I emailed you a week ago with the info you requested. I am hesitant to post my scans etc on a public forum so I sent them to your private email address. I do appreciate you looking at these because I know you are jolly busy! However pls be aware that further treatment for me is being put o...

hi val, l responded a couple of weeks ago - pls check your pms! cheers, nico

the referral could say something along the lines: "please accept this patient for treatment of their vascular disorder" That's what I was hoping to avoid. To sign off this statement, they would be accepting that I have a vascular disorder, when in the neuro's eye's I have MS, an immune di...

hwebb wrote:thanks nico - info received. I have only just sent a response (sorry for delay). Hope message get's to you...I had a lot of claning up to do in my mailbox (it was full)!

no drama! cheers, nico

hwebb wrote:Nico,
please check your PMs
Helen

hi helen, l answered 3 days ago. pls let me know if you received anything!

cheers, nico

CureOrBust wrote:

nico wrote:no idea, l'm afraid. what is a cutting balloon, pls? what's the difference? l've heard of it, but don't know how it works.

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/442312

thanks! cheers, nico

my pesky upper right jug has re-stenosed, but not as long this time, thank goodness. Do you know if a cutting balloon was used on this? (NB: no insider knowledge, just wonderng) no idea, l'm afraid. what is a cutting balloon, pls? what's the difference? l've heard of it, but don't know how it works...

[quote="hwebb"] It's interesting about the asprin. They say asprin is very hard on the stomach lining. Wonder if the same is true for the vein lining (the endothelium)? interesting point Helen, but actually l have extreme reactions to ANY drug l take, Panadol included. Go figure! my pesky ...

Val,

l've answered! cheers, nico

Wow, that's excellent! Congrats! Best wishes for continued improvement.[/quote]

thank you Rokkit!

cheers, the warm-footed one.

hi all, had a third procedure (private patient, not our guru, Prof T)last Tues and haven't taken any aspirin like l did after the second op. Both jugs had restenosed in response to the aspirin. l can state that with certainty 'cos my left jug (opened during my first op in March stayed open for 3 mon...

hi all,

did some hunting - CCSVI is indeed a vascular condition which makes a co-existing disease likjew MS worse. it fits the definition...cheers, nico

hi all, the above condition may have zip to do with CCSVI. bheers

NEUROLOGY 2010;74:1041-1047 © 2010 American Academy of Neurology Vascular comorbidity is associated with more rapid disability progression in multiple sclerosis R.A. Marrie, MD, PhD, R. Rudick, MD, R. Horwitz, MD, G. Cutter, PhD, T. Tyry, PhD, D. Campagnolo, MD and T. Vollmer, MD From the Department...