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I'm a 51 year old female who has had a dizziness problem for going on 2 years. It stated with numbness in my right hip and thigh. Everytime I woiuld get up from my desk, I would be dizzy. I made it a point to get up only 3 times while I was working. On Aug 20, 2008 I fell down on the job. My legs got so wobbly that they felt like rubberbands, I could not hold myself. I was taken to the hospital (fell flat on my face, and got some minor cuts and brusies). They ran all kinds of tests and found out that I had two strokes and 4 aneurysms that I knew nothing about. Last year I went to a neurologist who did a MRI with w/o contrast and found nothing. He did however find that I had a bulging disk when he did a MRI of my spine. Last week I went into Overlook Hospital in Somerset, NJ for a coiling of one of the annies. The doctor did not do it, he felt it was a big risk(annie to small). I have not seen him since but have an appointment for 11/24/08. He says he wants to do MRI every 6 months to watcth them. Now, I am dizzy when I get up. I have numbness in both of my feet. Sometimes the pain is unbearable. I walk with a cain because I can not stand up for longer than 10 minutes. My left side is so week that I have to sit down and If there are no seats, I have to sit on the ground. That's how bad it's gotten. I was going to rehab for vestibular rehab but that did not seem to work. I have no physical activity and now find it most difficult to walk. I'm 5'7 and weight 288 lbs. I need to get myself together so I can get back to work. I see black spots on many occasions. Any incouragement out there

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Hi and welcome , tho sorry to hear all you have been going through.

I dont know anything about your conditions but we do have a forum for Aneurysm http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum7.html

you may also consider posting on our general health forum in case anyone looking in there can offer support or info for you
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum2.html

all the best

Hello and welcome to Neuro Talk, glad you found us, sorry about the reasons, Explore NT and post your questions, you will find a lot of helpful adn nice people here, again welcome to NT

Hello and welcome to NeuroTalk. Great to see you have come to be with us. Just let us know if we can be of any help. We are all here to assist each other as possible.

Again welcome, looking forward to seeing you around.

Darlene :hug:

hello and welcome to neurotalk .... sorry to hear about the difficulties you're facing right now ... i hope you get some answers soon ... there are lots of friendly and supportive people here at nt ... i hope to seen you in some of the forums soon ... and again ...

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