Reply To: Heading (Hopefully) to Remission

I had the full MRI Series with Contrast done and it showed some spinal stenosis. I was in excruciating pain and using 2 forearm crutches for balance. I asked him why my hands/arms problems (grasping issues/etc) and he said he didn’t know. Later I wondered why he didn’t put 2 and 2 together and think it’s her total spine affected….hmm…maybe this is something else?? Well, he’s a trained neurologist but a surgeon foremost. Surgeons usually will want to operate.

We need to stay vigilant about our medical treatment for these reasons. We can have spinal deterioration and still have CIDP. I have back pain and been told it’s part of CIDP. Maybe it’s the mystery to what degree is what? I went thru the gamete trying to find why I was so ill and by accident with a chance consult with the neurologist did. Have read many recent books on how physicians think diagnostically and their treatment options was an eye opening.