Hello All,

My name is Michael and I am here on behalf of my mother, who is 58 years old.
Yesterday she complained of a 1 minute episode of left side body numbness. She said she was generally weak but could still walk and even move her arm. About a week ago she experienced something where she felt dizzy and was walking to the left which lasted about 5 minutes or so.

I took her to the ER right after it happened (yesterday) and she got all the normal tests to search for TIA or stroke. The MRI came back that she had a minor stroke sometime in the past (probably before her heart surgery in 2010) but no recent signs. After the CT, MRI, spine, neck, and heart echo, nothing seemed to be the cause and the neurologist could not give a diagnosis.

She is not a smoker, does not play sports, no drugs or exposure to chemicals, and just lives a normal life with a normal desk job.

The doctor also said that he has seen hundreds of patients who have had that happen to them and does not have a diagnosis. Has this happened to anyone else and does anyone have any ideas or information that I can pass along? I would appreciate any help.

Thank you for your time,

Mike

mike you need to start a new thread so that more people will see your post and possibly help you. go to the main peripheral neuropathy page that lists the different threads and on the left side near the top is a box that says new thread. click it and post this again.-

She takes no statins? After a heart surgery? No blood pressure medications?

To start a new thread you go to the main page here
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum20.html

And there will be a large button, NEW THREAD. Just click that.

I'd have your mother get her B12 tested. Low B12 is very common in older people. It is now recommended that all people over 50 take a B12 supplement. (methylcobalamin is best).

Here is a video to illustrate how complex and common this is, with doctors ignoring it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvEiz...ature=youtu.be

And here is my B12 thread explaining it all:
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread85103.html

Please watch the whole video...it is very sobering.
And not only will doctors ignore it, if they DO test for it, they
rely on outdated lab ranges and may tell the patient they are NORMAL when in fact they are LOW (below the new low of 400pg/ml). So it is up to YOU to get your numbers and treat yourself if you are truly at 400pg/ml or below! (the video does not go into that detail)