Subject: History I


In July '99, I was experiencing severe mid back pain and numbness in my
right foot. After an MRI, I was diagnosed with spinal glioma. On July 22,
1999 I had surgery. My post-op conditions were and are weakness in both
legs (one weaker than the other), a kind of numbness sensation in my left
foot, loss of a sense of proprioception, weakness in right knee. After 4
months of physical therapy, I started experiencing lower left back pain
, which was later diagnosed as a problem in my SI joint. I started walking at
a pretty slow rate using my cane. Six weeks ago, things started to
deteriorate. I started getting weaker, and I wasn't able to walk as much as
I was four months ago. At the present time, I am experiencing stiffness in
my thigh muscles, front and back and on both sides. I'm also experiencing
much more weakness in my hips, thus not letting me bring my legs all the way
through to the front while I am walking. I'm also experiencing cloness in
my feet. Although my back pain is getting better, my weakness is getting
worse.


CURRENT SITUATION:

I had a surgically removed tumor from around my spinal cord thoracic levels two through 8 followed by radiation and chemo. After rehab I was walking with help of a cane my balance was reasonably good had back pain, which was slowly getting better. In the last four to six weeks, my walk slowly started to deteriorate. My foot started to swing while walking and I slowly started to loose my balance, as a result I fell on the floor few times. In last ten days my condition has been very rapidly deteriorating to the extent that I
can hardly lift or move my legs. Both of my sets of quads and hamstrings are tightening making it hard for me to bend my knees. Due to this, I am also losing some of my strength and balance thus making it hard to stand. Within the last week I had an MRI of the region I had the surgery and also lower part of spinal area (lumbar area) the results were negative. I thought that maybe the tumor grew back and causing some kind of pressure on the nerves but luckily that is not the case. We feel that the problem now is that my nerve signals to and back from brain to legs are for some reason being interrupted at or around the area I had the surgery. So far nothing has been found. What I needs is a
healing of that problem which I am positive is available somewhere. In the meanwhile investigation is ongoing over here. I am going in for a mylograph on January 28, 2001. If there is anyone that may have some kind of answer, help, direction that they may lead me to, I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you for help and effort.

Sadat

This is just a guess, but the possibility of surgical adhesions comes to mind. Scarring:
Scar tissue caused by the surgery, wrapping itself around the nerves in the spinal canal.
If this is the case, a homeopathic remedy that dissolves scar tissue would be in order.
The remedy Thios. comes to mind. Why not order a 12C of that and take it twice a day for a month and see if you improve. I hear that yoga also helps in stretching out these scars so that they loosen up and free the nerves.

This is my best guess on what has happened. Good luck!

Snoopy

please let me know your latest MRI Reporttill
I think Staph. may help you its only a guess

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Dr.P.K.Sinha

Please post your MRI result here.
Adhesions will show on the scan if they are present so Thios. would be the remedy.

However there are other remedies that cover nerves after surgery and also the muscle tightness- does it feel like cramp? Please post the kind of things that make better or worse etc.

[This message has been edited by Hoppitt415 (edited 31 January 2001).]

All MRI results (from brain to lower back) came back negative. I now have very little strenght in my legs. I need assistance getting in and out of bed, the car, getting my clothes on, and what not. Basically, i am using a wheelchair to get around. I had a mylograph which also came back negative. I had one last test done yesterday which is called an SSEP (it tests the electical impulses from the feet to the brain). The results were that there is some blockage somewhere in the spine.

Dear Sadat,
It would help people here a lot if U could post a full history of yours. Reason being, Although your problem started after your operation,but they donot seem to be due to any direct damage by the tumor or the operation. Had that been the case, your tests would have indicated some abnormality. So if we make prescriptions only on the basis of the info that U have posted so far, our prescriptions would be empirical in nature. If u post information in detail, w might be able to get to the root of your trouble, like why U developed the glioma in the first place and what sort of tendencies and predispositions do u have? U should give info like
1. all the milestones of your development since childhood.
2. All major disease since childhood.
3. Your behaviour, moods, fears, sleep, dreams etc
4. Any other problem..gastric, respiratory, urinary, sexual or xyz that U have or ever had.
5. Your desires and aversions. What U like or dislike. your hunger, thirst etc.
6. Your current symptoms in detail and when and how these symptoms increase and decrease.
7. Your family history.
8. Anything else that u find significant.

Sadat, all these are good points by Dr Bhatia.
If you can see a homoeopath locally whom you know to be excellent from recommendation, then do so. A good homoeopath on the spot is better than a good homoeopath on the net. But also a good homoeopath on the net is better than a bad local one, so if you don't know anyone locally who is definitely good then do give Dr Bhatia all the info.

Dr Bhatia, I wondered about Hypericum for nerve damage from operations, but if that were the cause of the problem, I wonder why there was initial improvement and subsequent decline.

Would you consider giving Carc as an intercurrent as suggested in Dr Ramakrishnan's protocols?

For the record I received a mail from GM advising that he sees Lyc in this case.

sadat
please try staph. and strontia carb I think
this will certainly help you

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Dr.P.K.Sinha