CCSVI is a blood flow problem. Nothing more. It’s not like some magical mid-century autoimmune theory, endorsed by those who live off MS. It has nothing to do with that at all.
We all know that reduced blood flow in any part of your body, causes problems. Lets pretend we are talking about Venous Insufficiency only. Pull MS out of the equation. Lets say you simply want to gather as much info on this condition as possible.
Would you only go to Neuros to learn about a vascular issue? Of course not. No one would do that. It’s not a medical issue Neuros are really concerned with.
Sadly, this is exactly what we have seen unfold in the Globe and Mail. Their CCSVI articles earlier in the week have been hard hitting, and far from balanced. For some reason, they are not able to report on a vascular issue, using information gathered from blood flow experts. This seems odd, for a prestigious paper.
If you were doing a High School science project on blood flow complications, and based it on data gathered from Neuros, you would get an F. The teacher would say that your story lacks credibility, because you failed to engage any vascular experts, to support what you wrote in your school paper.
So why would the Globe and Mail avoid talking with vascular experts, while writing articles on this vascular condition? It doesn’t make any sense.
Did some big-shot at the paper, order a campaign of negatively biased articles on CCSVI? Is this another case of willful ignorance? If true, why would they want to do this? What is their payback for doing this?
As we have seen so often, the same worn-out talking points surface, to discredit Dr. Zamboni and to prop up roadblocks to investigation, treatment and hope.
We are right in the middle of a big fat medical paradigm shift. We are seeing power struggles unfold.
“When enough significant anomalies have accrued against a current paradigm, the scientific discipline is thrown into a state of crisis, according to Kuhn. During this crisis, new ideas, perhaps ones previously discarded, are tried. Eventually a new paradigm is formed, which gains its own new followers, and an intellectual "battle" takes place between the followers of the new paradigm and the hold-outs of the old paradigm.” ~ Thomas Kuhn
People from coast to coast, simply need a safe angioplasty treatment that’s freely offered to any other Canadian, who is not wearing an MS armband. Sadly roadblocks exist. Warning shots have been fired across the bows of GP’s and IR’s, to not allow people with MS, access to Doppler testing, MRV’s, and Vascular Doctor referrals for angioplasty treatment. Seems like 75,000 Canadians are not allowed to have normal blood flow.
Over 2,000 people are being treated each month, for real and documented Venous Insufficiency conditions. The cat is out of the bag. Many of these “experts” who live off MS, continue to say that CCSVI doesn’t even exist, and latch on to any bogus study that says so.
Frankly, the mean spirited “experts” in Neuroland need to get a life ASAP.
Many CCSVI clinics have already opened in America. One clinic I know, has 12-IR’s doing this procedure. 100’s of Canadians stream across the border every week, to get a simple treatment that provides more benefit than any other MS treatment. This is crystal clear to everyone treated and you can bet Big Pharma knows this too.
“The Neuroland Reports” we saw in the Globe and Mail this week, clearly show that those who live off MS, have no part in this vascular future of MS. It’s time for the media, to simply stop listening to Neuros. It’s time for balanced reporting on this Venous Insufficiency...
Those who oppose CCSVI will look back with great shame. Their day is coming when a vast majority in society will never forgive them for the needless suffering they have imposed. We will remember your names, your political agendas, and your bullshit arguments. Because you enabled roadblocks and denied precious hope from the very people who need it most.
No wonder people with MS, advocates, vascular researchers, and Doctors who boldly support those with CCSVI, have turned to Facebook.
On CCSVI Toronto, it's always been about "Investigation, Action and Hope." Something the Globe and Mail should try sometime.
WaYnE
“A scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.” ~ Max Planck
Fissures in Zamboni’s MS theory widen:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/health-news/fissures-in-zambonis-ms-theory-widen/article2014800/
Two operations, poor results, but she is still a believer:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/health-news/two-operations-poor-results-but-she-is-still-a-believer/article2014801/
Multiple sclerosis patients navigate the minefield of for-profit care:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/health-news/multiple-sclerosis-patients-navigate-the-minefield-of-for-profit-care/article2015967/
MS patients don’t often adhere to treatment: study:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/health-news/ms-patients-dont-often-adhere-to-treatment-study/article2017707/
Patients flex muscle in ‘war’ over MS treatment:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/health-news/patients-flex-muscle-in-war-over-ms-treatment/article2017565/
Suspicions of bias on both sides of the MS divide:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/health-news/suspicions-of-bias-on-both-sides-of-the-ms-divide/article2018922/
An uncertain future lies ahead for Zamboni’s MS theory and its potential patients:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/health-news/an-uncertain-future-lies-ahead-for-zambonis-ms-theory-and-its-potential-patients/article2020426/
CCSVI in Multiple Sclerosis - A weak, week-long series from Weeks:
http://tinyurl.com/4xee4w2