Saturday, December 3, 2011 2:47 AM
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Ken Torbert
y name is Michelle Walsh I am 38 years old from Saskatchewan, Canada. I was diagnosed with MS when I was 18 years old. I was first diagnosed with RRMS then 4 years ago I moved into SPMS stage. When I first learned of Dr. Paulo Zamboni’s discovery I cried and had to watch the program over and over again because for the first time in 20 years I had HOPE. It just made sense to me. I talked it over with my whole family, my family doctor and my MS Neurologist and we all agreed I had nothing to loose and everything to gain by at least trying it because nothing was available for me in the Secondary progressive stage of MS. I was starting to get worse everyday and was bedridden up to 16 hours a day and fitted for a wheelchair before we went abroad. This is a video my husband took of me before I had the CCSVI procedure ... I went abroad first to Sophia, Bulgaria July 2010 and they found severe blockages in both my jugulars and azygous vein. My one jugular was 50% stenosed, the other 90% and the azygous was 75%. They treated them with the vascular procedure called venous angioplasty and I felt very good for 4 months. I noticed right on the OR table that my vision was alot clearer it was like I was looking through HD TV eyeballs. I also noticed I had more energy and my headaches/pressure at the base of my skull had gone away. I am a realist and all I had ever hoped for would that this procedure could help slow down my Secondary progressive MS. I knew this was not a cure for my MS but the symptom relief I have had has been so significant that it has greatly improved the quality to my life immensely. I didn’t have the same chronic fatigue anymore and that itself was worth every cent to get this done. .... This was my 1 month post procedure... I noticed that after the 3 1/2 months of feeling well I started to notice some symptoms come back that had went away so I waited it out a bit to see if this was the “roller coaster ride” I heard others talk about where some symptoms can come and go again. But I was beginning to feel worse as the days went on so I knew flying back to Bulgaria was too far for me so I wanted to find a Dr closer to me in the USA. So I travelled to California and had my 2nd CCSVI procedure the day it was exactly 6 months since my first January 14th, 2011. My Dr also saw I had valves in my collarbone area that were faulty so he also treated those as well as reballooning my veins that had recoiled back. I did not have as immediate results as the first time but over several weeks I started to notice the symptoms go away that did the first time and new ones started to get better too. I now had improvements with my bladder/bowel function. This was a huge improvement for me because we loose a lot of dignity with those symptoms and to now have this given back to me where I could stand up without peeing my pants was a dream come true. This is my video at my 1 year mark from my first procedure.. For the videos and more go to :http://www.patient-experience.com/index.php/ccsvi-and-secondary-progressive-multiple-sclerosis-spms-michelles-ccsvi-treatment-journey/
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