Five years ago, I wrote about how venoplasty changed my husband's ability to get good sleep. He began dreaming again! Thanks to Shirley for reminding me about this discussion. Today, we know that deep sleep is essential for the brain's cleansing lymphatic flow. The brain needs deep sleep, and too many people with MS are not getting it. This study says 70% of pwMS have sleep disorders!! http://www.nationalmssociety.org/About-the-Society/News/New-Study-Finds-that-Sleep-Disorders-are-Common-an Why? Well, read this blog post from 2010. It might be linked to drainage. Joan

From Rindfliesch's discovery of the central vessel in the MS lesion in 1863, to Dr. Paolo Zamboni's discovery of Chronic Cerebrospinal Venous Insufficiency. 150 years of MS research on blood flow and perfusion of the central nervous system. Because the heart and the brain are connected.