The MS Recovery Diet by Ann Sawyer and Judi Bachrach

My wife has been following the MS Recovery Diet since she was dx’d with a mild case of MS about 3 years ago. We found it to be a wonderful resource. On the diet, several small improvements were seen, and her 6 month MRI's have been stable.
I am commenting on Ann’s CCSVI blog:
I've been researching CCSVI for quite a while (I alerted Ashton Embry to it), and my wife had the procedure done 5 weeks ago. CCSVI promises to be an exciting new way to treat ms, and in my opinion, makes a perfect compliment to the diet.
The CCSVI procedure (aka as the 'liberation procedure') is extremely safe particularly when no stents are involved. Over 80% of MS patients examined have had jugular and or azygous blockages (my wife included). The procedure to do this - angioplasty - is very common, and done every day for various health problems. Some patients do report minor discomfort during the actual ballooning, but it‘s brief. A few of the very first Stanford patients who received stents did have lingering pain in their neck. There was one incident early on at Stanford where a stent came loose from the jugular and migrated into the heart, and surgery was required, and he‘s now recovering. This is the ONLY complication found in hundreds of procedures. If only ballooning is done, a migrating stent is a non-issue. As an aside, in Poland, Dr. Simka and his crew have done hundreds of procedures, many with stents, with no problems. The only fatality that is often mentioned was another early patient at Stanford who suffered a stroke while on the flight home after the procedure. It was agreed by all doctors involved that the stroke was NOT caused by the procedure, but perhaps the blood thinning medication exacerbated the stroke.
As for my wife - it was found that both jugulars were blocked, and ballooning was done. She did experience pain during the few minutes the balloon was inflated, but no other pain or complications. She was sent home 3 hours after the procedure. Her cold right hand immediately became warmer. Five weeks out, there have been some small changes - her L'Hermettes is less, and her morning spasticity is also less. She is still dedicated to the diet, and her outlook is now more hopeful. I strongly feel that everyone with MS should investigate CCSVI. As Ann mentioned, the DIRECT-MS website is a great resource, as is the thisisms.com website.