Should I mention this to my Neuro?

[Sailorsong]

Due to some recent discussions I have been thinking about this a lot. It deal with the body healing itself, or at least my body does.

In 2005 I had my second heart attack and they performed a 3x bypass on me. After the surgery my docotr told me that they discovered that my heart had grown new arteries to the area of my heart that was not getting enough blood. On subsequent testing my cardiologist told me my heart was getting stronger.  Since then I have had 3 EKGs done. The fisrt one showed T wave and S wave (I think that was what the report said) problems. The next EKG reported improvment in the T wave but did not mention anything about the S wave. The third report reported that the T wave was almost normal. Then just a couple of months ago they did a heart catherizaion at which time the doctor told me that 2 of the bypasses had failed, but that my heart had grown new arteries around the problems. This pretty much documents that for some reason my body does have the ability to heal it self.

So this brings me to my question. So far I am un-Dx'ed for MS mainly because while the tests do show that something is wrong (small leisions, high WBC in CFS) they are not conclusive to MS. Could it be that my body is repairing the damage done my MS just enough to mask it somewhat? And Should a Imention this to my Neuro as a possibilty?

Dennis

[Karen99]

Mentioning this possibility to your neurologist might make good conversation but I doubt it will change his thinking.  

Has he given you an explanation for the hight WBC's in your CNS?  Or the lesions?  I think I'd concentrate on that and ask him/her to explain why you have these findings and your symptoms.  

I have a tape that I listen to with headphones.  It's almost like music but not quite.  The different notes are supposed to activate one part of your brain, and another note activates the other.  I am hoping that new pathways are growing.  What the heck, it makes for a good nap.  

[Sailorsong]

Yes it is interesting to ponder at the very least. Especially when I consider how quickly my knee has healed after the surgery.

After the surgery I was suppose to keep the bandage on for 5 day, but I ended up taking it off after only 24 hours. The incisions looked completely healed already and I was able to stop using crutchs.

I have heard of the capillaries keeping a heart alive, but until my surgeon told me that my heart had grown new arteries I had never heard of that before. They came up with heart bypass surgery because normally a heart does not grow new arteries.

So my thinking is that maybe because of my bodies ability to repair itself more than normal, it had repaired part of the myline (sp?) so that the leisions in my brain are smaller than normal.

Dennis

[Lulu54]

Dennis, yes the body is amazing.  

Our brains reroute the information when pathways fail.  

Our hearts pick up the slack through capillary action to keep it supplied with blood when our arteries fail.  That's what kept my husband's heart  alive and moving when he had all 4 of his arteries over 90% blocked and didn't know it.  

I won't even guess how your body is constantly fighting to make it right.

Interesting to ponder on, isn't it?    

be well,
Lu

[jensequitur]

Your body will try hard to heal damage - whether it's nerves, blood vessels, a cut in the skin - they all activate the healing systems.  Damage from MS will heal, just like anything else.  

However, the problem with MS is that the disease progression acts faster than the body's ability to heal.  My body is busy trying to fix the problem with my trigeminal nerve that causes my face to be cold... but at the same time, there's a problem with the legs that seems to be getting worse.  

Your neuro knows all this stuff already - he's looking for disease progression, as well as relapse and remission.  Remission is when the body starts to heal the damage, and relapse is when there's new damage.

[wadeheather]

hmmm.  Interesting.  It never hurts to ask!