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Originally Posted by glenntaj
--had difficulty adjusting to a new eyeglass prescription, with a little feeling of disorentation/dizziness until my eyes adjusted to the new strenght and focal points of the lenses. Usually, this takes only a day or so to resolve.
As far as the other (EMG) discussion--given that I know Alan's neurology team well (LOL)--I had always suspected that Alan may have two different processes going on (and probably wrote about that at some point). It's entirely possible that he has some radicular compression going on in his lumboscaral spine that is being exacerbated by a further autoimmune process.
Neuropathy from two different processes is certainly possible--in fact the idea of the "double crush phenomenon" points to this, as nerves can be compromised by two different injured areas, or two different causes (i.e., ischemic damage from diabetes along with mechanical pressure from an osteophyte), and while neither alone may have resulted in significant symptoms, together they add up to more than the sum of their individual symptom "parts".
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Glenn:
I DO NOT UNDERSTAND THIS. If the man is telling the doctors "it's my back, it's my back", and then he goes to MANY orthopedists for second and third opinions (one was even referred to by his neurologist). and all of them looked at the MRI and ultimately said "no, it's definitely not your back", then how come, now, all of a sudden, he's being told "hmm, it might just be your back".
His chiropractor neurologist has all along indicated "there is something going on with your back". No one agreed.
But now they are sending him for another MRI??
what the heck. He's been having the neuropathy for 18 years, and NOW, THEY ARE CONSIDERING THAT IT MIGHT BE HIS BACK ALL ALONG???
What the heck does a person need? A Dr. House in his life all the time?
This is quite frustrating. Are there NEWER MRI machines that will show something different, than the original x-rays, mri's???
Thanks for letting me yell!!!
mel