Sorry I missed this thread...
Natalie, you gave us lots of info regarding this very new theory...thanks for sharing...
Judy, I have the same type of pressure when I get up from sitting...my vision grows darker, my hearing gets muffled, and then I feel as if I have a helmet on that's too tight for my head. Then I hear a whooshing sound, like a large fan, and it dissipates. I told my girlfriend about it and she said her mom has the same thing...that she was diagnosed with polymyalgia, and that this is called giant cell arteritis...I haven't ever had a doc look into it for me...

Marc, your statements about stents traveling to the heart is my main concern about stenting the jugulars...the valves would easily allow the stent to travel down towards the heart, esp with the diameter of the veins enlarging as it nears the heart. This is my chief fear.

Again, Natalie, thanks for such an informative thread...