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Vivavie, amazing, you moved fast to get there! I drove 4hrs to Albany, took the train 2hrs to Penn Station! and Voilà I was sorry not to see you at the Hotel. I had no computer with me, arrived Sunday night, spent Monday on the "table", when back for US (not easy to see thru 3 walls of st...

I did not go secretly, i just did not have the time to post it. I sneaked in and took the opportunity when Dr S mentionned on his tread that he was slowed by the insurance companies. Being Canadian I pay cash. I got the OK from Holly Saturday at 16h30 and was on his table Monday morning! Happy Valen...

Thank you Cece, I thought here we go again and I did not have it in me to explain... you did it perfectly! I had 5 catheter venograms but I did not have ALL my veins angio (ballooned) every time!!!

Are you planning on typing DURING your procedure!?!!
Sending positive energy your way

1st: Bravo Dr Siskin and your team! Wow! incredible everything that happen in one year! Q: In all of those treated anybody (%) worse than pre-procedure? I know I am even after stent stenosis, jug collapse and thrombosis corrected - I was not treated by you. Has your 1/3,1/3,1/3 results changed since...

The hardest thing with this dam disease for me is that my son has never know me healthy. 15 min before the school bus arrives I get up, get dress, put some eyeliner and a smile. I feel guilty that he did not get the childhood he could have had... Mondays are the hardness because during the weekend i...

Yep, after stenting I was put on Lovenox and Coumadin. The day after the procedure the ultrasound showed the thrombosis. I had another veno right away to break it down and put meds directly at the site.

LR, I bought the Clexane in Poland, I have no idea if it is the same as Lovenox. Lovenox dosage 60mg. Personnally blood thinners and anti-coagulants did not improve the way i feel, quite the contrary. When I stop the Clexane in the spring I felt much better. I had a Jello brain while on it. I am sti...

htrib, Not getting back the improvements from Poland IS one of my big question?!!? I had 4 venos from the same IR but 2 of those were to correct complications; 1st one was to open up the stent this led to my jug collapsing, 2nd stented to keep jug open, day after thrombosis hence another veno. They ...

ONE MONTH UPDATE Compare to April (1st procedure) I feel and look 25 years older but compare to August when jug collapse after opening the candy wrap stenosis around the stent I have some improvements. I used to read 6-7 books a month, between aug and dec I have read ONE pocket book! This is back, I...

Thank you Cece!

Funny it is dated nov 15 and in my foggy brain I thought it happened in August!!!

It is reassuring to read Dr S answer. In my mind I did not want to risk taking another plane

Cece, I need help! I tried to find on DrS tread the post from one of his early patient that restenosed twice after a flight. 1st after treatement in NY, 2nd after a trip to Rome!? If I remember correctly her name was Marie and she was from northern Europe. I can't remember what Dr S answered. I sear...

Cheerleader, I agree. From my experiences the improvements never lasted. What about the high pressure of hyperbaric chamber on vein previously treated by angioplasty? Does it increases the potential of vein collapsing? Some people questionned the pressure during the flight back home after treatment ...

Good timing for this tread! I just learned that I may have to endure another round of hyperbaric chamber (35 -45) treatments. My 1st reaction was NO! This would be my 4th round in 12 years and it is not much fun at all: 2hrs drive, 1 hr preparation, 1/2hr "going down" to the right pressure...

when they prescribe coumadin they give you Lovenox for a week just until the INR testing is controlled between 2-3. They kept increasing the coumadin dosage but my INR never stabilised higher than 2 for two consecutive tests. This is why this time they didn't bother with it and put me on lovenox and...

I was regular every 29 days before procedure in Poland. I started bleeding the day I began Plavix and it lasted 65 days - quite heavy. I have not have another period since then even though I am on blood thinner since April 25 Clexane (14 days) + Plavix until Sept Coumadin and Lovenox for 11 weeks (n...