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LR1234 wrote:Not sure if a sauna is a good idea if you have stents....?? Maybe angio only is ok??

Thanks for the reaction! For now I'm just going to have angioplastic.

Dear Dr. Sclafani, I spend every day half an our in my infrared-sauna. I bought it to relax my muscles, but it's also good for the bloodflow and now I understand why I feel better in general since using the sauna. I am already diagnosed with CCSVI and april 19th I will have my liberation treatment. ...

We do not have health insurance in UK but the NHS treats all residents for free. The NHS is very good at emergency treatment so I do forsee any problems. MarkW That's really good news for you and all the other British people! Holland is known for the good health insurance, but now I would rather li...

Rokkit wrote:

Leontien wrote:We are really dissapointed and at the moment we have no idea to solve this problem.

Man, this is an uphill battle isn't it. And btw, your English is perfect.

It certainly is and thank you!

Hi Alan, Since this week Dr. Vogl is sending all the Dutch people, with the diagnose CCSVI, home after the testing, because we don't have insurance for eventual hospitalisation when things go wrong during the treatment. Our insurance companies will not pay for experimental interventions. We already ...

Hi :D My appointment is on the 29th, with interventional procedure the next day is CCSVI is detected, booked flights yesterday, now just need a hotel. Excited...nervous....everything !!! We will arrive at the 29th and probably leave at the 31st. It's only a five hour drive for us, but that's really...

costumenastional wrote:Alan, my main concern is if there is stenosis to be found in my veins.

Did you have yours already checked somewhere?

Same time, same concerns

When are you sceduled? I'm going to Frankfurt on march 30 and since I know the exact date I'm just as nerveous as you although I've read every single thing about CCSVI and noticed all the succes stories... I think I'm afraid of not being diagnosed with CCSVI, so my hopes of a better life will float ...

Hi, I'm new, but following this forum for a while now.. I'm from Holland and tried to get some information from Dr. Vogl about his procedures. But it's al so vague... He's doing the diagnosis with MRI and Doppler, but from what I've read on the dutch forums he finds less CCSVI than for example Dr. S...