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Originally Posted by Leesa
Billy you DO have issues in the SPINE. That's why you have drop foot! Your knees and ankles do NOT cause drop foot. Your spine causes that.
So ask your Neurosurgeon what his plan of action is going to be. You don't want drop foot to become permanent, right? Something in the spine is causing this.!!!
So ask for further tests or whatever needs to be done. This can't just be left "as is." Hugs, Lee  |
You know thats what i'm thinking.I'm a dav so what i'm trying to is connect all the dots to start a claim.I'm also waiting on a 2nd opion and see a nerve&muscle spe.They found something with my blood in the muscle biopsy. Biopsy showed mild perivascular alkine phosphate staining was present(inflammatory product spillage) was present.Also Desmin related accumlations were also present
, raising the possibilty of a desmin-related myopathy but these are principally genetic and the family history is negative.The report is preliminary with the ultrastrastructural electron microscopic aspects pending.
Nerve biopsy was indicative of an axonal neuropathic process and no evidence of imflammation or vasculitis or amyloidosis.I know they sent 2 samples of of each and sent to 2 differant labs.
They feel that my foot drop is caused by my neuropthy and is idiopathic. Maybe another issue as far as my knees and ankles which is weird i can sit down at any given time for 10-15minutes as soon as i stand up you can hear them crack even as far away as 20ft away very lould at times. I know
I know i have alot more questions to ask and to find out is my drop foot is permnament and is it a truly a foot drop