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Kathy, I had it done in June (In Bulgaria) restenosed returned 3 weeks later had it done again. I know I have restenosed. I am going to try for a third time in Albany. I wonder if the long flight has anything to do with restenosing. I am going by car to Albany. It is only a 5 hour drive from where I...

Vivavie keep me posted with any news. I had cancer (Hodgkin's Lymphoma in 92) I live in St Lazare Quebec . Why are you?

[quote="vivavie"]This is not clear for me too! 1st procedure (April 25) Tychy Poland: 1 stent - Clexane 14 days - Plavix 6 weeks - aspirin for life. Canadian GP extanded Plavix for 6 months total 2st procedure (August 18 RI: repair candy wrap stenosis extremity stent + angio both jug and A...

Bulgaria, Sofia
Ultrasound and venogram 5000 euros. each stent 650 euros
2nd treatment 3500 euros

I think the name of the veins are vertebral veins.
Look at this. http://uprightdoctor.wordpress.com/

Having had improvements that only lasted 1 week and got much much worse and then having done it again for the second time and got even worse than before. No, I would not have done it.
It works if the veins remain open.

livabird wrote:Well it is only three weeks now and boy i am squeaming out oh well. Does anyone know if they enter through the left and do ikkiac vein i prob have May Thurmer syndrome among other things.

Liva

They enter from the right. I asked about May-Thurner and the doctor was unaware of this.

I had my 3 months check up post-op. After the procedure, my left ballooned vein was 3.5 mm and my right stented vein was 6 mm. Now, they both are 4.5 mm. Is it normal for the stented veins to shrink??? My stented vein stenosed 1 week after treatment. And the other 2 which had an original stenosis o...

I had my 3 months check up post-op. After the procedure, my left ballooned vein was 3.5 mm and my right stented vein was 6 mm. Now, they both are 4.5 mm. Is it normal for the stented veins to shrink??? My stented vein stenosed 1 week after treatment. And the other 2 which had an original stenosis o...

Steven has slamed Ottawa for refusing to do CCSVI clinical trails.

http://www.marketwire.com/press-release ... 314501.htm

Dear TIMS members: It has been almost a year since I read about CCSVI on this website. In that time, Boopie has gone from having the no hope for stopping her progression to slight hope with reservations to brief joy at short term results and back to zero hope. Let me explain. She was scanned for CC...

[quote="leooreo"]Sorry some of you did not have WOW improvements - Do you know how many lesions are in your brain and spinal cord?? I do - Look at your MRI and ask yourselves - How long did these lesions take to develop? 1 day, week, year, years. That is the reason you and disfuntional to ...

I wonder if anyone else has noticed that they have to look up in order to do anything? If I tilt my head down ( keeping my body upright) I lose all my strength. When I was able to walk I noticed that I was always looking up at the ceiling, if I looked down I was unable to walk. I have recently come ...

The veins that drain the brain operate differently at night (inclined) and during the day (upright). Dr. Sclafani told us, "We should all remember that the drainage of the blood out of the brain has two normal pathways. When lying down, blood drains out of the brain through the jugular veins. ...

I had both jugulars ballooned on August 4 2010. I felt great for about 1 week and the slowly slipped back to pre-procedure conditions. I contacted the doctor that did the procedure and he said it was impossible that I re-stenosed already. Does anyone have any information on why he says I could not ...