Re: update on my status (long, but please read!)

[Guest guest]

This is great.

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tests like this with gadolinium are so useful!

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On Feb 9, 2004, at 7:21 PM, low dose naltrexone wrote:

> The really good news is that I went for a

> brain MRI last Thursday and got the results

> Friday. This MRI was being compared against a

> prior one which was done in 10/03 (the same

> week I started LDN). That previous MRI was being

> compared with one done in 2/03. I have not seen my

> neuro yet to discuss the results, but here is the

> relevant info from the MRI report the hospital gave

> me. Note the last 2 sentences, which deserve

> the key emphasis, since I think they are highly

> relevant to my progress:

>

> MRI of Feb 5, 2004:

> " The study is compared to 09 October 2003. Cerebral

> spinal fluid spaces remain normal. Multiple small

> foci of abnormal signal are again identified within the

> white matter of both cerebral hemispheres. Many of these

> are periventricular in location, and the pattern is

> compatible with demyelinating disease. There has been

> no significant interval change in the number, sizes, or

> locations of the white matter lesions. The post-gadolinium

> images reveal no abnormal enhancement of the white matter

> lesions or other portions of the brain. "

>

> Now, for comparison here is the MRI report from 10/09/03:

>

> MRI of October 9, 2003:

> " The study is compared to the previous brain MRI from

> <NAME OF LAB> dated February 17, 2003. There has been mild

> interval increase in the number and visibility of the lesions

> within the periventricular white matter. These lesions

> remain compatible with demyelinating disease. The largest

> lesion, located in the right centrum semiovale, measures

> approximately 6-7mm in diameter. It has increased in size

> compared to the previous exam, and now demonstrates mild

> enhancement with gadolinium, suggesting that it is active.

> No cerebellar or brainstem lesions are identified. "

>

> So, that's the news. Sorry for the long post. One

> thing I would like to ask is - have the folks who run

> this site (or the low dose naltrexone site) ever considered

> setting up a separate section just for people like me

> to post MRI results such as the above??? I think that

> this would provide more compelling anecdotal evidence

> necessary to have LDN looked at more closely by the

> medical community.

>

> Granted, I am doing so many things to try and help

> my MS that I can't say for sure it was the LDN that

> is helping. But I can say the following: I feel a

> lot better (for example, the Lhermitte's is the best

> its been in years) and the MRI is showing that there

> was no progression in the last few months, nor do

> I have any active lesions.

>

> I understand the scepticism about LDN. MS is a weird

> disease. For all I know I could have gotten these

> results doing nothing at all; that's just the nature

> of the monster we're all fighting. But, I don't think

> so. I really believe LDN, along with everything else

> I'm doing, is helping.

>

> Thanks for listening!

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

ll269,

Your right on the money, keep it up!!

Regards,

Tom

[Guest guest]

Happy to hear your good report.

Noland

----- Original Message -----

From: " ll2669 " <ll2669@...>

<low dose naltrexone >

Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 4:08 PM

Subject: [low dose naltrexone] update on my status (long, but please read!)

> Hello,

>

> I wanted to give everyone here an update as to

> my progress with MS. I was officially diagnosed with

> RRMS in 8/03 after having had off and on symptoms

> for quite some time (10 years or so), and started

> on LDN in early October '03 after learning about it

> initially from remedyfind.com. I have been taking

> LDN @ 4.5 mg every day since then.

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