[SDFencer]

OK, we've established that I have PN. Since my L3-4 fusion surgery I fall more. I have trouble walking and my legs just decide to take a break. I have begun to hit my head (which they don't like because I still have two aneurysms just waiting to pop. So we monitor them. My question is who do I see about this? My neurologist or neurosurgeon? The fusion has been great in other ways; no pain and I can do more with my legs.

Thanks

[mrsD]

I vote for: Neurologist to get that Dilantin changed.

We have a new poster just on this week with Dilantin nerve damage:

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/sh...ight=phenytoin

[IllPn]

What was the reason for your fusion? I have slippage there and hope to avoid that... one day Not sure how a fusion would hold with the discs going and so much arthritis any way. I think my neuropathy started because of this. I go into spasm and pain many times a yr.

[Dr. Smith]

Originally Posted by SDFencer

My question is who do I see about this? My neurologist or neurosurgeon?

Neurologist. Surgeons cut, and usually don't/won't deal with subsequent complications. My guess is that if you went to the surgeon about this, he'd brush you off to a neurologist.

Doc

[SDFencer]

@ILLpn: My spine is full of herniation's, pinches, and things a spine doesn't like. We figure a lifetime of abusing it through high level athletics (up to and including Big 10 basketball) caused some issues. I have to say the fusion went really well except for that falling thing. A background of strokes and seizures adds to the balance problem.

@Dr. Smith: This surgeon has been with me since the first stroke and is not a cut and runner.

There is no dizziness, just a cessation of my legs working, that's why I wondered if the surgeon would be better for physical problems. Of course the neurologist with whom I've worked for 8 years has retired so his partner just knows the tip of the iceberg with me. I have had EMGs or whatever they're called and they don't show much of anything. Crap