{"id":588,"date":"2016-08-11T14:35:25","date_gmt":"2016-08-11T18:35:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thehopenet.org\/blog\/?p=588"},"modified":"2020-08-27T10:12:08","modified_gmt":"2020-08-27T14:12:08","slug":"peters-mri-focused-ultrasound-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehopenet.org\/blog2\/peters-mri-focused-ultrasound-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter’s MRI Focused Ultrasound Journey"},"content":{"rendered":"

On August 2, I went to the University of Maryland Medical Center<\/a> hospital\u00a0to undergo\u00a0a number of preliminary steps prior to the procedure on August 24th. First I met with Charlene Aldrich, RN, MSN. She is the Clinical Research Manager. I consider her\u00a0my friend as she has done many things to help HopeNET. She explained to me in detail what would occur on\u00a0August 24th. I then had a standard Essential Tremor examination by\u00a0the neurologist, Paul Fishman, MD, PhD. Charlene videoed the process. I did spirals, wrote a sentence, poured water from one cup to another, extended my arms, and did touching. Dr. Fishman checked my legs. I concluded the examination by walking up and down the corridor outside the room. I\u00a0finished by\u00a0walking toe to heel with Dr. Fishman’s assistance. I then had a CT scan followed by a blood test. As I related in an earlier post I am claustrophobic and therefore have difficulty in a MRI. Charlene gave me medication that worked very well in calming my nerves. The MRI lasted about an hour. For the first 40 minutes, I could listen to music. For the last 20 I couldn’t,\u00a0but it didn’t matter. My day ended with meeting with the neurosurgeon, Howard Eisenberg, MD along with Charlene. We had a relaxed conversation. As he was once a Navy doctor, we were able to commiserate about our naval service.<\/p>\n

On August 5th, I returned to the hospital. I spent 2 hours speaking to Lisa Clough and Karen Warmkessel from the hospital’s Communications & Public Affairs Office. Last month, the FDA approved the MRI Focused Ultrasound procedure for Essential Tremor. On\u00a0August 24th, the New England Journal of Medicine is\u00a0publishing an article on the procedure in its latest edition. Simultaneously, the Focused Ultrasound\u00a0Foundation, based in Charlottesville,\u00a0Virginia is having a press conference. I will be part of this as I will be videoed\u00a0throughout\u00a0my procedure as well as being interviewed before and after. I spent\u00a0the two hours on the 5th describing\u00a0in some detail my experience with ET as well as explaining HopeNET’s role in advocating for those with ET. They in turn explained to me what they were going to do.<\/p>\n

I will be at the hospital at\u00a09am\u00a0on the 24th and then it all\u00a0starts.<\/p>\n

Peter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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