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very interesting.....
thanks again to the wonderful team at CTV-especially Avis Favaro and Elizabeth St. Phillips-

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cheer

So now Freedman was misquoted when he called it a hoax. I think I'm gonna throw up.

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if it was his veins he would have a buddy balloon them...
shoes were flying at our home television when he spoke,
your too kind with only vomitting

Thanks Cheer - one of the most telling comments was the last one, that Dr McDonald, clearly an experienced medical practitioner, has never seen anything like this before.

Phil

really well done...some great reporting--and the team was "fair and balanced." Even gave Dr. Freedman his chance on camera...
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It is now out on CTV news that edit 5 people received the Liberation treatment edit in Barrie, Ontario. People are calling me, but I don't have TV.

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I can't believe Freedman has been the "expert" voice for MS research for so long. It is embarrassing to see how negative he is on CCSVI. I understand that research is needed before any conclusions can be drawn, but some cautious optimism is at least warranted like Dr. McDonald showed.

The woman with MS who has experienced slight improvements in fatigue, I'm not sure she helped the cause any when she said what it's given her is "hope". That's exactly the type of response that lends itself to a placebo effect. Are patients spending $10,000 for "hope" or for tangible, lasting improvements or stabilization? If she hadn't had the procedure yet, I'd agree with her that CCSVI has given MSer's as a group "hope". But if you've had your veins opened up, you should be looking for something a little more substantial than that, IMHO.

Otherwise, a great show. Glad a lot of press was given on how the earlier work was dismissed/rejected so long ago.

Rokkit,

Please pass the bucket when you're done. Why would I want to donate money to the MS Society, even when it's ear-marked for CCSVI? Do we want to fund Dr. Freedman's CCSVI research? We deserve real transparency here.

PN

Lyon wrote: Another factor is that there is no doubt that he's well aware of the militant CCSVI hysteria and there is no doubt that when speaking on camera he was aware that he's viewed as villain by most everyone interested enough ito watch the video..

Do pray tell where we can find this "militant CCSVI hysteria".

Is calling one's doctor considered militant now? Maybe knocking on a few doors? For a teensy tiny percentage, going where the treatment is, the rest without resource diligently banding together, networking, sharing information and helping each other, is that militant too?

Just CureIous is all....

Oh and I'd prefer to not have internet references for said militant hysteria, if at all possible. Prefer real time, real life examples not internet postings...

Mark.

Rokkit, I agree. Freedman would probably like to start his MSS-funded research off by taking his EAE mice and proving they don't have stenoses, thus refuting CCSVI as a theory (of course the mice wouldn't have CCSVI since EAE is NOT nor has it ever been an adequate representation of human MS).

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I don't think Freedman was nervous. Rather, he was trying to look both at the interviewer and then the camera to engage viewers - but he wasn't doing it very well.

Second point - you'll never get anything positive out of the likes of Freedman, so why worry. McDonald and Guest sound like terrific contributors to the progress of CCSVI. Somebody - contact them and thank them.

6 cases, 3 with noticeable improvements, 1 unknown and 2 minor improvements - obviously placebo and a waste of money.

CCSVI is perhaps not necessarily a one off event. The lady with hope, perhaps now has the energy to do much needed exercising or she might need follow up treatments.

Phil

CureIous wrote: For a teensy tiny percentage, going where the treatment is, the rest without resource diligently banding together, networking, sharing information and helping each other

Please don't assume that everyone who hasn't "run off" for treatment doesn't have the resources for it. Many of us prefer local doctors in case problems arise. Some of us need more evidence than anecdotal reports of vague symptom improvements before we are prepared to undergo treatment. Money doesn't have anything to do with it for many of us... Managed care and evidence are more important to some of us.