List of Those Who Had/Scheduled to Have Procedure-Stanford
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I wanted to thank you also, MaggieMae, for keeping the list updated. I am fairly new here and it helps me sort of keep the people straight in my mind. Who had their surgery when, their screen name vs real, how they are post op....etc. Before I found this list I was writing my self crib notes to try and keep it all making sense. I really enjoy reading everyones updates and I like to be able to connect the dots, so to speak.
So thanks again,
Lora
So thanks again,
Lora
Lora,
Thanks. That is so nice of you.
Compared to the wonderful super-intelligent people on this forum, I'm glad that I can contribute something. I was going crazy too with notes trying to keep everyone straight. I just wish that others who have had the procedure and who have not posted in awhile would let us know how they are doing. I keep wondering - are they doing better, the same, or worse? Are they happy that they had the procedure?
Thanks. That is so nice of you.
Compared to the wonderful super-intelligent people on this forum, I'm glad that I can contribute something. I was going crazy too with notes trying to keep everyone straight. I just wish that others who have had the procedure and who have not posted in awhile would let us know how they are doing. I keep wondering - are they doing better, the same, or worse? Are they happy that they had the procedure?
Thanks Maggie Mae!
All right you folks that didn't do your tracking post on the sticky....c'mon! your turn to knock it out of the park!

All right you folks that didn't do your tracking post on the sticky....c'mon! your turn to knock it out of the park!

I'm not offering medical advice, I am just a patient too! Talk to your doctor about what is best for you...
http://www.thisisms.com/ftopic-7318-0.html This is my regimen thread
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http://www.thisisms.com/ftopic-7318-0.html This is my regimen thread
http://www.ccsvibook.com Read my book published by McFarland Health topics
I had pm exchanges with some of those who haven't posted yet. I had worried that they're not posting because they're thinking the state of their health could change, and wanted to encourage them to post nevertheless since the tracking is not meant to be a final, definite state of things but just the contrary, something that's very much in flux as people document their weekly changes!
To my great surprise, the two main reasons for not posting were 1) lack of time and 2) lack of confidence that they can reliably fill in the quantitative measures like EDSS, and make medically qualified statements at the other entries.
This surprises me because it should literally take 5 minutes or less to copy and paste the template into the body of a message and fill in bits of info. Wherever a poster feels the info is incomplete, he/she could simply add "Incomplete, will update at a later time". Also, thanks to SammyJo we have a very convenient and fast way to assess the MSIS.
So, I think there's a basic misunderstanding here in that the tracking thread should be seen as a conversation, where you're not obliged to make deeply qualified statements each time but just what you can contribute here and now.
These psychological barriers seem to be widespread though, since we're still missing the MAJORITY of Stanford people and have only ONE of Zamboni's more than hundred patients!
To my great surprise, the two main reasons for not posting were 1) lack of time and 2) lack of confidence that they can reliably fill in the quantitative measures like EDSS, and make medically qualified statements at the other entries.
This surprises me because it should literally take 5 minutes or less to copy and paste the template into the body of a message and fill in bits of info. Wherever a poster feels the info is incomplete, he/she could simply add "Incomplete, will update at a later time". Also, thanks to SammyJo we have a very convenient and fast way to assess the MSIS.
So, I think there's a basic misunderstanding here in that the tracking thread should be seen as a conversation, where you're not obliged to make deeply qualified statements each time but just what you can contribute here and now.
These psychological barriers seem to be widespread though, since we're still missing the MAJORITY of Stanford people and have only ONE of Zamboni's more than hundred patients!
Bump for the newbies..
RRMS Dx'd 2007, first episode 2004. Bilateral stent placement, 3 on left, 1 stent on right, at Stanford August 2009. Watch my operation video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwc6QlLVtko, Virtually symptom free since, no relap
De-lurking to say that I am going to Stanford for testing on 12/3 and possible stents on 12/4.
I also wanted to say a big thank you to everyone on this forum, and especially Cheer, for all the effort you've put into researching this, sharing information, generating interest, and promoting further research.
sho
I also wanted to say a big thank you to everyone on this forum, and especially Cheer, for all the effort you've put into researching this, sharing information, generating interest, and promoting further research.
sho
Edited to shorten thread.
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RRMS Dx'd 2007, first episode 2004. Bilateral stent placement, 3 on left, 1 stent on right, at Stanford August 2009. Watch my operation video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwc6QlLVtko, Virtually symptom free since, no relap