As I noted last week, my second CCSVI surgery was halted because of the inability to enter the catheter into my left jugular vein with the tools and equipment available in the outpatient surgery center. We are currently awaiting scheduling of the third surgery to be done at the hospital. I am currently injecting the prescribed anticoagulant medication twice a day while I await notice.

I have paroxysmal atrial fibrillation that began about 2 years ago. I first got the A-fib condition in 2008 following a hernia operation. As a side note, the hernia arose from straining to evacuate bowel waste because of MS. I was getting the a-fib condition about once every 2 weeks for a day or so initially, and then it tapered way off to once every month or 2. During the summer and fall of 2010, it seemed the frequency had increased to about once a week, and was being brought on by strenuous exercise, which in my case is swimming for 90 minutes 3-5 times a week with a swim team. It didn’t go out of rhythm during the exercise; rather it was happening as the heart rate came down in the 2-3 hours following.

Fearing my veins had closed back on me, it was again time to begrudgingly go see Dr. Arata at Pacific Interventional, and packed up and drove the 4 hours to Orange County. We arrived at the new digs they now recommend for CCSVI patients, the Ayers Hotel on Bristol St. at the junction of the 55 and 73 freeways, just 10 minutes from the office. It’s an awfully nice hotel for the price, kind of a stately Victorian look and feel, and they had a little goody pack in the room for us specially prepared from the Pacific Interventional staff. A lot of people travel a long way for this surgery, and I think this touch would help settle a lot of nerves.

 
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Yves Tanguy.
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