Neorologists/MRI's

[Guest guest]

Yeah

n, I’ve

heard of Bourdette, and I’ve been up to OHSU. That was where I went when

the other neuro didn’t want to give me an MS dx. but…….as she

went on to say, she couldn’t say I didn’t have it!! Even though I had

lesions to prove it, and I was clinically symptomatic. That’s when I first

heard of Transverse Myelitis.

Is

Bourdette with the MS clinic up there? My GP recommended Maas, but I still

haven’t made the appt, and as silly as it might sound the only reason is

because I know they will want to do another MRI w/contrast this time, and I won’t

do it with the dye. I had dye before in the early years, and I didn’t do

well with it. Plus I just don’t want to put dyes in my body. So if they

will do one w/o it, then I’m okay as long as the machine is big enough

which is another factor. I got stuck in one once, and not only was it embarrassing,

but I got a little panicky. I think they will want to do one with dye to see if

there are any active lesions which they say they can’t tell w/o the dye. Guess

I could just go and talk with them. Maybe they can send me to the Open MRI’s?

I

also saw Swank. He died huh? I liked him, but I had a hard time with his diet. I

think he was on to something about taking the fish oil. He said I had clumpy

blood, and it was typical in all his MS patients.

Thanks

for the recommendations!

Jackie J

From: MSersLife

[mailto:MSersLife ] On Behalf Of n Rojas

Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:54 AM

To: MSersLife

Subject: Re: Sleep

problems........RE: What is your biggest trouble you have with your

MS you wish would go away?

If

you could get Dennis Bourdette, M.D., at the OHSU MS clinic, he is the

best

I have ever had--save for one wonderful neuro-woman in S.F.--who moved

to

New York

(sob!). I saw many other neuros there who were excellent, during

the

time I lived there, and after I had " deleted " Roy Swank, M.D., from

my roster of physicians. (he is deceased, and was the MS neurologist who

in

vented

" the Swank diet. " Well, the diet may have been alright for

some, but

I

found Dr. Bourdette to be so marvelously kind and sound of mind!!!! Love

to

you,

Jackie, n

ps

-- OHSU stands for Oregon

Health Sciences

University, the former

Univer

sity

of Oregon Medical School!

M.~