We skipped spring here. It has been in the mid to high 80's but the current forecast has temps moving back into spring weather area. I hadn't seen any deer around here in a long time until yesterday. And even then it was only 1 deer on my way home from Nashville. Wish I had taken my camera with me because it was posing so nicely by the side of the Trace.
The VA doctors are as bad or maybe even worse than ever. It is the Vanderbilt Doctor that is listening...finally. He wanted me to get the MRA & MRI done at Vanderbilt ( 3.0T machine) but the VA would not allow that. Instead they had it done one their machine which the Neuro could not tell if it as an open bore or not due to the bad quality.
Dave is schedule to see a surgeon the end of next month. When they did the last surgery they cut open the mesh that hold his insides in place but didn't stitch it together good enough so he needs a hernia operation. Other wise he is doing pretty good.
Dennis
Hi Dennis,
Welcome back. Has spring sprung in TN yet? The deer here are very active and creating excitement in the area.
I had to reread your message - it appears you are saying that the VA doctors are listening to you ? Huh? This is very good news. The 1.5T closed MRI should give them a pretty good look at what is going on if it was done to the MS protocol.
Ufrustrated2 had his breakthrough with the VA recently, too. It's about time you men (and women) are looked after in a compassionate and thorough way.
Keep us informed as to how you are doing, ok? I've missed seeing you around here and hope you are back for a while to share this journey. And do let us know how Dave is, these days. The last I heard he was struggling with his own health issues.
hugs,
L
Some doctors have used immunosuppressants to act to function like long term steroid treatment. I think this is an "off label" use for Cellcept. Online there are a couple of posts like:
http://www.inspire.com/groups/mrf-multiple-sclerosis/discussion/cellcept-4/
that mention Vanderbilt MS clinic using Cellcept.
Bob
A friend of mine, a two time kidney transplant patient, takes Cellcept. I don't know why it is being used for MS. I hope someone knows. I am curious.