This week I was at my neurologists office...he had not heard of CCSVI until I emailed him the research (prior to me going to Stanford in June).Doctors are now hearing about CCSVI from their patients who have read it on the internet...something that just wasn't possible before.
He could not believe that I had heard about CCSVI on the Internet
Now he is very interested..he has been doing some of his own fact finding on the Internet and I believe he will be in conversation with Dr. D. in the not to distant future. Like everything else in life, you have pros and cons, and the Internet is no exception. I would be very concerned if I had young children or teenagers...there is just so much on the Internet that I would not want them exposed to. But, then we have the story of CCSVI --I would call it SUCCESS!
The Internet has allowed patients to be advocates for their own health care. If you do your research, the patient is able to present choices to their doctors....I think this is a good thing.