Posts Tagged ‘weakness’
New Information
Posted by: Admin on: March 24, 2009
It’s been quite a while since I posted anything. We’ve had a few changes. She came close to 3 months off the prednisone, when the joint aches became too much. Muscle weakness was creeping back into the picture. She has started to lose alot of hair also.
On 3/19 she saw a rheumatologist for the first [...]
A Hospital Stay?
Posted by: Admin on: October 29, 2008
The primary care doctor opens the door to the small room we are all waiting in; this is the first time she has seen my daughter since the referral to the neurologist. We review what has been happening over the last week and the doctor begins to focus on the report from the speech pathologist. The [...]
The Neurologist…
Posted by: Admin on: October 19, 2008
Mid-July, finally the day came to see the neurologist. This Doctor spent about 2 hours with my daughter; in my eyes that was pretty amazing. He gave her a very complete physical exam, and felt that this was more muscular in nature. At the end of the visit he said that he would order a EMG (Electromyogram) and more [...]
