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I mean take lumbar punctures. There is a massive tradition of doctors checking the pressure of cerebrospinal blood flow. To tell them there is reflux going on that wouldn't show in those pressure readings is a leap... No idea on this one...from the lumbar puncture, they can assess the pressure of t...

Agreed. Less swooning over what we potentially have here, more sticking to established facts. I'm reminded of the saying...and maybe I have it wrong...beginnings are delicate times. And yet I would count the 16 person study as replication, albeit on a minute scale. The scanning was done at Buffalo, ...

My email is a little different, but ends with the same request for a bundle of information: Thank you for your inquiry regarding our work on blockages of the veins of the head and neck associated with multiple sclerosis. I wish I could talk with you personally to explain our ongoing work, but in ord...

To echo Boreas's question, there is a big one coming in March? From Zamboni? I was skeptical when I first looked into CCSVI (I'm skeptical of LDN, let alone bee stings, although now when you apply CCSVI theory I see where the bee stingers were on to the vasodilation effects). One of the big things t...

Congratulations on your pregnancy!

Those pics are stunning.

Do you have any information on the new laser technology to measure venous outflow? My neuro is a neuro-opthalmologist, he might be interested in going in that direction.

Has this been posted in the CCSVI forum? It seems relevant....

greyman wrote:Cece, below pictures with indications of where the problems were.

Thanks, I see them now (circles and arrows being helpful!).

Yeah, I was diagnosed with MS about six months after baby #2. It was a classic postpartum relapse; I developed eye issues and minor foot drop and recovered. So far *knock on wood* my relapses have been minor and my recovery good. I did not relapse after baby #3. And I managed to breastfeed for a ful...

This is exciting. I'll drive to Madison for the American Girl warehouse sale, so you bet I'd drive there to be a CCSVI guinea pig, if one thing leads to another!

If CCSVI has merit, then the postpartum relapse may be a delayed autoimmune clean-up response triggered by hypoxia to the brain during childbirth. So I would also focus on "the big day" and make sure to breathe and stay as relaxed as possible through it all. Also, being fit going into chil...

Not sure which thread on vasodilation to add my comment to, but this is the one that cheerleader linked back to in a more recent thread. I use both Provigil and Diet cokes to make it through the day. If I understand it correctly, Diet Coke is vasoconstricting and I'm working towards giving it up. Pr...

Here's some research on children growing up at high altitude. It may explain the hypercoagublitity of MSers blood (as a response to growing up with hypoxia). http://www.springerlink.com/content/t63006743m424455/ "Physical adaptation of children to life at high altitude Journal European Journal ...

Yes, your regular doctor can give you the referral. There are protocols somewhere on this site that you would give to the radiologist when you meet him. You are looking for an MRV. This is all in its infancy still so you may meet with resistance. Good luck. Dr. Zamboni in Italy does not do the proce...

Amen!!!