Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Once again, we in the MS community have reason to celebrate the amazing genius of Professor Roy Laver Swank.
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Extraordinary! Swank and Zamboni agree on the cause of MS
4/23/10 5:34pm
While Dr. Zamboni's surgery may seem like the silver bullet for MS, with surgery comes risks, and this is all experimental. Just as one shouldn't have angioplasty instead of eating right to prevent heart disease, I don't think the availablity of an experimental surgical procedure should distract from the fact that Dr. Swank created and Dr. Jelinek refined a diet that can save us from the ravages of this disease. I am a dedicated Swanker and feeling great. Read my tips at www.manonamsion.wordpress.com.
2/ 5/11 5:41pm
I have followed the Swank diet for 5 1/2 years without a relapse and no cheating. This July I went to Poland and had the CCSVI treatment. It has helped me in ways that I didn't even think were MS related. I recommend both if you can. I still had blockages and reflux in both jugular veins even with the diet.
2/ 6/11 12:02am
I been married to a vegetarian for the past 27 years and have known that I have had m.s. for the past 20.
Yes, I had my stents and angio last summer in Albany and can now go on short walks with my wife and teenage kids and I, without a doubt, attribute my new-found energy to the adjustments to my veins!
I am now looking forward to a much brighter future!
2/ 6/11 7:04am
Nicely written.
I must take issue with this one statement: "It is extraordinary that we in the medical profession have ignored Swank's work for so long."
I disagree about how "extraordinary" is that lack of response by the American medical profession.
I am pretty well convinced that "the medical profession"-- like any profession-- will ignore those concepts counterproductive to their own profits and choose to promote those which bring in the bucks, pure and simple.
More now than ever it is up to the CUSTOMER (patient, consumer, spender) to seek out those therapies that are productive and successful for ourselves, whether that means the Swank diet, surgery for CCSVI, alternative or traditional Western medicine. Like your medical provider, you may have to explore various remedies or experiment with trial and error. Unlike your medical provider, the patient/consumer has a vested interest not only in the end result (wellness? cure? quality of life?) but in the process towards wellness, the physical and financial struggle, and not least of all, the time spent or wasted on costly "accepted" but ineffective therapies!
I think the "extraordinary" thing is that so FEW patients bravely explore additional, or unique answers and that so few physicians support that exploration.
Hopefully reforms in "healthcare" and attitudes towards individual responsiblity will improve medical treatment and traditions in the future.
I regret I'll be long dead by then! 
By George Jelinek— Last Modified: 12/19/11, First Published: 04/20/10
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I have been on the Swank diet ever since i was diagnosed with PPMS 4 years ago. I have now been tested for CCSVI. I have narrowed internal cerebral veins. I live in Vancouver, Canada.
It will be interesting, when the research on CCSVI begins in earnest, to what extent the Swank diet protects against the narrowing of cerebral veins. Has the diet made a difference to your condition?
Best wishes
George
Yes the diet has made a difference. Reduction in PAIN! A week at a time I cut out foods/liquids that were negatives. I love this diet! I reccomend it to all ms'ers/ccsvi folks!! I have been staying at my level of dissability, not advancing much at all.
Great news. It would be interesting to see what happens to the vein narrowing over time on the diet.
I must look into this diet as I too have ppms. I also live in the Vancouver
area and am searching sites to see how and where I can have my veins
tested? There is so much information out there right now its overwhelming!
Any 'tips' or info would be greatly appreciated.
DJ
Hi Donna Jo
The diet is described in great detail in my book Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis (http://www.overcomingmultiplesclerosis.org/book), which also describes all the research behind it, as well as many other things you can do to stop the disease progressing. Best wishes and good luck
George
DJ,
u can get the testing at false creek urgent care. Google them, on the website u'll see ccsvi. Go there. They are fantastic people, and very busy. there is a waiting list for testing .They have been trained by zamboni. Cost is $2350. for doppler and mrv.
good luck.
b.
I had my blood tested for food intolerances 3 years ago and have been following those foods with some cheating. I do not cheat anymore, I have noticed some help but have had MS foe 36 years ans am 49. I do notice fair ups when I eat those foods my blood test states not to, www.msrebel.com is my website. I have not had CCSVI and will not until there is more info that it is done properly. Withthe help of my brother Brian and a charity event they play in my honor I will have the money to purchase an HBOT machine, that is supposed to help repair lesions. Fatigue is huge aand insomnia, my hope is that the HBOT will help. As soon as I get it I will be showing further MRI's so my fellow MS patients can decide for themselves. (I presently have not posted my most recent MRIs but will after the holidays) Of course SS does not pay for this treatment, I know I am fortunate but we will see what happens. I did notice that still many of the foods I was eating on the Swank diet my blood work showed I should not be eating them. I have emailed back and forth with Dr.Wahls (http://www.terrywahls.com/about-Terry-Wahls) and she told me she thought I should listen to to my blood test when it comes to foods I eat. That's my 2 cents anyway. Happy Holidays to all!
~ Lisa Quick