He was diagnosed with WKS by an MRI. He also had CAT scans and PET scans, but
it was after the MRI that they officially said that's what he had, although they
were certain he had it before the tests. The tests just confirmed. Don't think
you're butting in.

The drug for his kidneys is HCTZ.

Amanda
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: birdshawn@...
Reply-To: wernicke_korsakoff_syndrome@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 11:10:55 EST

>---------- Original Message ----------------------------------

>Hello Amanda, my name is Shawn and i apologize for butting in,and i'm very
>sorry to read about your story.I just would like to know how they "officially"
>diagnosed it as Wernicke's?? Was it an educated guess, through the specialized
>drug test, or some other means such as CT, MRI, or PET???
>
>Thank You Shawn.....@{--[----
>
>p.s.-drugs used to increase urine are called diuretics and the most powerful
>one is Lasix (furosemide),the stomach produces"friendly"bacteria to keep the
>"bad" bacteria at bay, hence the antibiotics (good bacteria is added to yogurt
>by the way.
>
>





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