Thanks Robert.
I am most interested in Dr. Cox's opinion regarding your lower cervical spine and possible spondylotic myelopathy.
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Thanks Dr,
I am in reading mode looking at all sorts of angles and with me as the focus.
I have also spoken with Franz Schelling about this in the recent days.
I think that there are several things coming to light and as you have stated the CSF flow is effected and causes symptoms.
I agree that two sides to the coin and want to add that one leads to the other, too much pressure causes a need to leak, same as bladders! ;)
The challenge, a huge one, is to have tests when we know that as you say there are different pressures occurring around the brain continuously in good health therefore ill health will be almost unmapable for comparisons.
MRI's that have been taken over years would I 'assume' indicate changes in the ventricles? Mine in my 'opinion' show changes in the form or one side area increase in size of the third ventricle. I have given the DVD's to a Dr to get support for a new Radiologists 'reading' of my MRI's with a different mind set when they look.
I also wonder if the effects of hydrocephalus are mental health issues that get labelled as depression and PTSS? I again say so from my perspective after going through my health records at the Hospital. A pattern emerges where being put on drugs for depression has only masked and shifted the underlying issue of NPH. Again it is taking time to go through the 'system' and get help. If I had money falling out of my pockets we may have had answers all that time ago when we talked about me coming over to Albany to join the Dr Rosa trial .................. and Life goes on!
I see that your changes at Merrill are impacting!
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I am in reading mode looking at all sorts of angles and with me as the focus.
I have also spoken with Franz Schelling about this in the recent days.I think that there are several things coming to light and as you have stated the CSF flow is effected and causes symptoms.
I agree that two sides to the coin and want to add that one leads to the other, too much pressure causes a need to leak, same as bladders! ;)
The challenge, a huge one, is to have tests when we know that as you say there are different pressures occurring around the brain continuously in good health therefore ill health will be almost unmapable for comparisons.
MRI's that have been taken over years would I 'assume' indicate changes in the ventricles? Mine in my 'opinion' show changes in the form or one side area increase in size of the third ventricle. I have given the DVD's to a Dr to get support for a new Radiologists 'reading' of my MRI's with a different mind set when they look.
I also wonder if the effects of hydrocephalus are mental health issues that get labelled as depression and PTSS? I again say so from my perspective after going through my health records at the Hospital. A pattern emerges where being put on drugs for depression has only masked and shifted the underlying issue of NPH. Again it is taking time to go through the 'system' and get help. If I had money falling out of my pockets we may have had answers all that time ago when we talked about me coming over to Albany to join the Dr Rosa trial .................. and Life goes on!
I see that your changes at Merrill are impacting!
N
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Hi nigel,
Tell me some more about the dr rosa trial lease.
Regards,
Robert
Tell me some more about the dr rosa trial lease.
Regards,
Robert
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Hi Robert it was about three years ago that this was occurring and it will be on the thread on earlier discussions.
I am struggling a bit with issues at the moment so can't be more direct sorry.
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I am struggling a bit with issues at the moment so can't be more direct sorry.
N
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Hi nigel,
No problem, do what you have to do!
i think you are talking about this:
http://www.fonar.com/news/110211.htm
http://www.fonar.com/news/100511.htm
No problem, do what you have to do!
i think you are talking about this:
http://www.fonar.com/news/110211.htm
http://www.fonar.com/news/100511.htm
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Hello Nigel,NZer1 wrote: ...I also wonder if the effects of hydrocephalus are mental health issues that get labelled as depression and PTSS? I again say so from my perspective after going through my health records at the Hospital. A pattern emerges where being put on drugs for depression has only masked and shifted the underlying issue of NPH...
I see that your changes at Merrill are impacting!
The link below is to my latest paper, which discusses depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and psychosis related to NPH.
http://www.hindawi.com/journals/nri/2015/794829/
Despite being in our slow season the Merrill Magee is doing well. Although we are just getting started and have much more to do we are already getting rave reviews on the facility, food, ambiance and service.
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Hi Doc,
Something that's not clear to me;
My Cine mri shows good CSF pulse, dr. Harshfield noted that there is little flow in the straight sinus.
Could you take a look at my cine mri in the upright mri 2015?
I would like to know how the sinusses function.
Do you want to take a look??
Regards,
Robert
Something that's not clear to me;
My Cine mri shows good CSF pulse, dr. Harshfield noted that there is little flow in the straight sinus.
Could you take a look at my cine mri in the upright mri 2015?
I would like to know how the sinusses function.
Do you want to take a look??
Regards,
Robert
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Stunning paper Dr.! ;)
Lots of work to put this together, much appreciated.
I began reading and was nodding my head as I was going and also realizing that I have learned volumes from our discussions and the search for more knowledge when questions arose. Thank You!
I will have to read the paper in segments, health challenges etc BUT this stood out like dogs balls!
"The first segment is from the origin at the subclavian artery to where it enters the intervertebral foramen of C6 or C5."
This is where my focus has been in the last 8 months as this is the one solid, immovable, unchanging finding of all my MRI's. The disc bulge.
When I think more about how there has been a peak of my health issues in the last weeks and I am focused on the head aches (HA), their waxing and waning and the hand in glove act that the HA and the mobility have. I seriously wonder how often HA's are discounted in Medicine!
Seriously I doubt that HA's are accepted by Medicine as indicators that there is a hydrocephalus issue powering the HA. More needs to be acknowledged and recorded of the incidence and the co-incidence of 'MS' type mobility issues and the waxing and waning is screaming that there is an issue of circulation occurring. Seems that early medicine assumptions were than everything is electrical and Chiropractic has become stuck on that concept I believe. Fluids and 'fourth dimension' energy fields are the reality, imo.
The other issue, accumulated damage and lesions is not accepted as having a historical link to HA's, imo.
Hope the 'being of service' experience with Merrill Magee is not conflicting with the improvements to the structural and aesthetics!
N
Lots of work to put this together, much appreciated.
I began reading and was nodding my head as I was going and also realizing that I have learned volumes from our discussions and the search for more knowledge when questions arose. Thank You!
I will have to read the paper in segments, health challenges etc BUT this stood out like dogs balls!
"The first segment is from the origin at the subclavian artery to where it enters the intervertebral foramen of C6 or C5."
This is where my focus has been in the last 8 months as this is the one solid, immovable, unchanging finding of all my MRI's. The disc bulge.
When I think more about how there has been a peak of my health issues in the last weeks and I am focused on the head aches (HA), their waxing and waning and the hand in glove act that the HA and the mobility have. I seriously wonder how often HA's are discounted in Medicine!
Seriously I doubt that HA's are accepted by Medicine as indicators that there is a hydrocephalus issue powering the HA. More needs to be acknowledged and recorded of the incidence and the co-incidence of 'MS' type mobility issues and the waxing and waning is screaming that there is an issue of circulation occurring. Seems that early medicine assumptions were than everything is electrical and Chiropractic has become stuck on that concept I believe. Fluids and 'fourth dimension' energy fields are the reality, imo.
The other issue, accumulated damage and lesions is not accepted as having a historical link to HA's, imo.
Hope the 'being of service' experience with Merrill Magee is not conflicting with the improvements to the structural and aesthetics!
N
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Hello Robert,
You're upright MRI showed no obstruction to blood or CSF flow through the craniocervical junction, as well as minimal misalignment and instability. It did not check for flow in the lower cervical spine where you have major findings of spondylosis and stenosis, as well as a possible compressive myelopathy. Stenosis of the lower spine can definitely affect blood and CSF flow. It can also compress the cord and cause symptoms such as yours. The sinuses are the large venous drainage routes in the brain made from the dura mater of the meninges and lined with endothelium from veins. The straight sinus drains the deep venous system of the brain including the inferior sagittal sinus. great veins of Galen and basal vein of Rosenthal etc. I could take a look but Dr. Harshfield is a much better expert than me when it comes to reading MRI scans.
You're upright MRI showed no obstruction to blood or CSF flow through the craniocervical junction, as well as minimal misalignment and instability. It did not check for flow in the lower cervical spine where you have major findings of spondylosis and stenosis, as well as a possible compressive myelopathy. Stenosis of the lower spine can definitely affect blood and CSF flow. It can also compress the cord and cause symptoms such as yours. The sinuses are the large venous drainage routes in the brain made from the dura mater of the meninges and lined with endothelium from veins. The straight sinus drains the deep venous system of the brain including the inferior sagittal sinus. great veins of Galen and basal vein of Rosenthal etc. I could take a look but Dr. Harshfield is a much better expert than me when it comes to reading MRI scans.
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Thanks Nigel.
The 'being of service' experience with Merrill Magee is not conflicting with the improvements to the structural and aesthetics. It is conflicting a wee bit with getting my next book published. Lots of work did go into my last paper which is about 3000 words and twice the length of most peer reviewed papers. The book is about 100,000 words and contains much more. As you can imagine, it requires much more work.
The 'being of service' experience with Merrill Magee is not conflicting with the improvements to the structural and aesthetics. It is conflicting a wee bit with getting my next book published. Lots of work did go into my last paper which is about 3000 words and twice the length of most peer reviewed papers. The book is about 100,000 words and contains much more. As you can imagine, it requires much more work.
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Hi doc,uprightdoc wrote:Hello Robert,
I could take a look but Dr. Harshfield is a much better expert than me when it comes to reading MRI scans.
OK, I am a linkedin 'friend' of Dr Harsfield since yesterday (dont know why
)I'll send him an email...
Thx!
Robert
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Dr, a question about NPH and MRI's.
It seems from my reading that dx-ing NPH is difficult and finding a GP/Specialist/Neuro that believes NPH and or spontaneous CSF Leaks are problems in 'mild' forms is even more difficult. For that matter any health problem as it is 'growing' is difficult at a stage one below clinical Reductionist testing!
On MRI are the ventricles similar size/area in a left/right comparison?
If you drew a line front to rear of an MRI would it be normal for a % of difference in image but there are indicators for abnormal and further clinical tests if there are types of shapes or noticeable area differences?
Not an easy question I guess, how long is a piece of string? Seems that everything with health have a tipping point from acceptable or not of concern then another point in time when things or illness has cascaded through time. One day you're 'healthy' and well 'adjusted' and then ....................
;)
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It seems from my reading that dx-ing NPH is difficult and finding a GP/Specialist/Neuro that believes NPH and or spontaneous CSF Leaks are problems in 'mild' forms is even more difficult. For that matter any health problem as it is 'growing' is difficult at a stage one below clinical Reductionist testing!
On MRI are the ventricles similar size/area in a left/right comparison?
If you drew a line front to rear of an MRI would it be normal for a % of difference in image but there are indicators for abnormal and further clinical tests if there are types of shapes or noticeable area differences?
Not an easy question I guess, how long is a piece of string? Seems that everything with health have a tipping point from acceptable or not of concern then another point in time when things or illness has cascaded through time. One day you're 'healthy' and well 'adjusted' and then ....................
;)
N
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Dr has Science/Reductionism proved that L'Hermites is an electrical problem?
My experiences tell me that it is pressure based and the outcome is an electric concept symptom expression. That CSF pressure 'might' be disrupting the system of nerve conduction. Disc degeneration and especially disc bulges causing a pressure difference with flexing.
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My experiences tell me that it is pressure based and the outcome is an electric concept symptom expression. That CSF pressure 'might' be disrupting the system of nerve conduction. Disc degeneration and especially disc bulges causing a pressure difference with flexing.
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Nigel,
I don't know if science has proven that L'Hermites sign is electrical or not but it depends on what you mean by electrical. All percieved senses are electrical in nature in that they are delivered and interpreted by neurons. My experience tells me that L'Hermitte's sign is electrical and most likely comes from tension stress causing irriation of the pain sensitive dura mater.
I don't know if science has proven that L'Hermites sign is electrical or not but it depends on what you mean by electrical. All percieved senses are electrical in nature in that they are delivered and interpreted by neurons. My experience tells me that L'Hermitte's sign is electrical and most likely comes from tension stress causing irriation of the pain sensitive dura mater.
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Thanks,
after I blabbed that out I thought some more and considered how an electrical signal travels. The space between neurons or cells is where there is resistance to the flow of the electrons. So that is also dependent on the fluids around and between the cells. So my thought comes from the changes that occur as we move, that CSF is present, as well as other things, but it has an impact on the conduction. The tethered cord for instance creating more or less space between conductors.
Just noticed that when my head aches are bad and have to lie down that if I am 'dead' flat and I have my knees bent I get instant relief of the head aches, if I straighten my legs I get the head ache back. Also just noticed that being out in the garden as soon as the sun gets on top my head I have an increase in head ache. So I am assuming things because of the practical experiences occurring.
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after I blabbed that out I thought some more and considered how an electrical signal travels. The space between neurons or cells is where there is resistance to the flow of the electrons. So that is also dependent on the fluids around and between the cells. So my thought comes from the changes that occur as we move, that CSF is present, as well as other things, but it has an impact on the conduction. The tethered cord for instance creating more or less space between conductors.
Just noticed that when my head aches are bad and have to lie down that if I am 'dead' flat and I have my knees bent I get instant relief of the head aches, if I straighten my legs I get the head ache back. Also just noticed that being out in the garden as soon as the sun gets on top my head I have an increase in head ache. So I am assuming things because of the practical experiences occurring.
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