Prayers for D and some thoughts...

[cheerleader]

Jeff just spoke to our neighbor and dear friend. Our mutual friend/mom of our son's friend is having her surgery today. D was "out of wait" (as so beautifully expressed by Marie.) At 40, she was wheelchair bound and raising her son on her own. She went up to Stanford with her sister and had multiple blockages. We'll get the story later, but for those who pray, please keep D in your thoughts today.

Do not fear...for those who are afraid they may miss the bus on CCSVI, this is not going away. If anything, time will bring better knowledge, better techniques, and more doctors on board. As Dr. Cooke said to me at Stanford...in 5 years this may well be considered standard operating procedure. It may involve ENTs/oral surgeons/plastic surgeons and take the MS patient's physiology into account....removing wisdom teeth, reshaping the tissue in the neck, combining balloon techniques and stents depending on the individual. There may be dietary/nutritional/supplemental programs as well as continued blood thinning. All of this is subjective, because it's all in the beginning phases.

So, for those so inclined...pray for increased knowledge and wisdom for the doctors going ahead with this paradigm. Pray for scientific seeds to fall on fertile soil. Pray that we'll find more benefactors. And pray for wisdom in your own personal situation...whether you can wait and watch, or whether now is the time. But trust me, the praying works.
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[catfreak]

So well said by Cheer (Joan) and Chris.

Praying right now.

Cat

[coach]

Prayer does work. We serve an awesome God. It should always be our first resort. Thanks for making us aware of the need Joan.

[cheerleader]

Update-
One year later, my neighbor D is walking again.
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[LR1234]

Wonderful news Cheer!!! and congratulation again on doing such a great job of getting the word out there about CCSVI x

[CRHInv]

Thank you so much for sharing this with us! I remember this story and it is so nice to have a followup. Reading it gave me goosebumps. This really makes my weekend. Please let her know how happy I am for her!
Beth

[L]

I'm afraid I'm an atheist but I made a little prayer anyway, just in case.

-edit- I hadn't read the update. So the prayers worked in the end? Great!

-another edit- oh dear, that initial post was a year old. How dozy of me.

[ErikaSlovakia]

I remember this story as well.
Say hi to your neighbor D
Erika

[Vhoenecke]

So many people with PPMS are asking if this procedure will work for them and I will send them this thread and the updates from my neighbour who just had his surgery. Yes this treatment does work for PPMS. Thanks so much for bringing this back up.

Val

[codefellow]

"One year later, my neighbor D is walking again. "


Oh, well, clearly this is the PLACEBO effect. Your neighbor and everyone who knows her only THINKS she is walking again.....

[bluesky63]

I can't tell you how deeply this affects me. I am so happy for her. I am also a single mom, raising my three children on my own, and I have needed a wheelchair since two years after my diagnosis, when I was 39. The idea that someone could have such wonderful, sustained effects is great news. I wish her all the best for continuing recovery, and all the best to her family.

[cheerleader]

D and I have mutual friends, although we don't know each other well...many people in our small town know the story. My best friend is the one who told her about Stanford last year, and helped make arrangements to get her and her sister up there for treatment.

D went grocery shopping on her own last week, and the checkers told me as soon as I came in. D and I have spoken a few times, and she feels a bit overwhelmed by it all. She can't understand why anyone would try to stop MS patients from having their veins checked. I respect her privacy, and her desire to live her life. But I read so much foolishness on here, I thought it might be a good idea to remind newbies what this is about.

I can't tell you if what D has experienced is placebo. I don't really know. She was in a wheelchair for a few years, was beginning to be unable to transfer, and now she isn't. She's also done a ton of physical therapy and had aggressive treatment at Stanford. She says Dr. Dake saved her life.

So, take it for what it is. Another anecdote. But D is someone's mom, someone's sister, someone's daughter....like Bluesky and so many others on here. She's not some hypothetical science project. And she had really messed up veins. Not anymore.
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[L]

It's great to hear. I'm in a chair, though still R/R more or less, so it gives me hope. If I ever walk, it won't be placebo, I'm sure of that.

[HappyPoet]

This is so wonderful for her!
This is so wonderful for her family!
This is so wonderful for others like her!
This is so wonderful for the cause of CCSVI!