CCSVI Victoria ~ links

CLICK HERE FOR FULL VIDEO PRESENTATION OF AUGUST 9, 2010 CCSVI VICTORIA COMMUNITY INFORMATION SESSION

Some useful CCSVI links as of August 2010:

Albany, NY This is possibly the best explanation we have found concerning CCSVI - from a clinic in Albany New York which has been doing the treatment since last fall. Very well researched - please note the list of 59 scientific references at the end of the article.
http://www.communitycare.com/Practices/Interventional_Radiology/CCSVI_background.asp
http://www.communitycare.com/Practices/Interventional_Radiology/CCSVI.asp
BLOGS

Good collection of ccsvi information
http://www.facebook.com/notes.php?id=110796282297&style=1&start=0&hash=90403d94f4ad3878555b5416a947e6aa

List of people who have had the treatment
http://www.thisisms.com/ftopict-8346.html

Sandra Birrell blog -- Vein Musings
http://www.veinmusings.blogspot.com/

This is a recent blog started for people who have NOT had any improvement
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=127400123964022&v=wall&ref=mf

Here are two CANADIAN blogs with the latest news
http://www.facebook.com/pages/CCSVI-at-UBC-MS-Clinic-Information-and-Support/182832983940
http://www.facebook.com/ccsvi.ms.toronto.canada

CCSVI Alliance http://www.ccsvi.org/
CCSVI at BC MS clinics

This Facebook page was started by Sandra Birrell when news of CCSVI first hit Canadian media. Sandra wanted to create a page to connect with other patients of the UBC MS clinic. As the first Canadian Facebook group, the page quickly grew to include all BC clinics and, indeed, people from across Canada and around the world.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/CCSVI-at-UBC-MS-Clinic-Information-and-Support/182832983940

CCSVI Fundraising

We started an online store with Cafe Press with inspirational CCSVI messages placed on t-shirts, mugs, teddy bears, stickers, note cards, and so on. Words were taken from people's responses to "What does CCSVI mean to me" ~ other images were created by people affected by CCSVI.

ALL profit goes to CCSVI research. We initially donated almost $600 to UBC and now will only donate to treatment based CCSVI research. One link for each of five different designs:

Dr. Ashton Embry --
Direct-MS

http://www.direct-ms.org/
Dr. Haacke's website on MS, CCSVI, and MRI imaging http://www.ms-mri.com/index.php
Dr. Sclafani's Q&A on CCSVI

This is Dr. Sclafani's thread on ThisIsMS:
http://www.thisisms.com/ftopict-11433.html

International Society of Neurovascular Disease http://www.isnvd.org
Multiple Sclerosis Resource Centre (UK) http://www.msrc.co.uk/index.cfm?CFID=2962525&CFTOKEN=97469533
ThisIsMS CCSVI forum http://www.thisisms.com/forum-40.html
Treatment locations

These change daily and no website is up to date. Here are a few to look at when seeking treatment:
http://www.ccsviclinic.com/

http://www.multiplesclerosissurgery.com/where-tested-ccsvi.html

Pacific Interventionalists (call their office number -- (949) 221-0129 -- toll free does not work outside the U.S.)
http://www.pacificinterventional.com/about_ccsvi.html

The Hubbard Foundation
http://www.hubbardfoundation.org/research.html

University of Buffalo Robert Zivadinov, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Neurology, University of Buffalo, NY
Director, Buffalo Neuroimaging Analysis Center at Jacobs Neurological Institute
http://www.mastersofms.com/index.php