spinningmytires
Confident
Because my recent EMG testing diagnosed chronic nerve root disfunction at L5-S1, I’m wondering if this might be related to my many years of unexplainable cardiovascular abnormalities, bradycardia and incomplete heart-block — tests found no cause. I’ve had no back injuries and very little back pain, if only, occasional sciatica.
As for my CES-I symptoms, both legs though mostly my right leg, have gradually weakened over the past decade with very little if any sensory deficits. What I experience, now, seems more like an awkward lag in my gait with a continuing balance disorder that rehab hasn’t improved.
At first, I thought my ongoing awkward gait was likely an after-effect of my past cerebellar tumor, removed in 2018 — but then, my mostly bilateral right leg weakness was first noticed in 2008. Even in 2013, I was told my brain tumor was very small and asymptomatic. So, I'm thinking my CES-I was present in 2008. Then too, when my brain tumor was resected in 2018 my leg weakness was unchanged. Last year, my brain MRI looked very good and couldn’t explain my ongoing leg weakness thus, the EMG was ordered.
If my upcoming MRI reveals a tumor, I have to wonder, if, it might be similar to my resected brain tumor, as I've read that, these tumors can occur in clusters. They’re also extremely slow-growing, present at birth, benign with connections to the nervous system.
This makes my wonder if my brain-body communications might be faulty thus, manifesting symptoms. I suspect, I’ll be told I need surgery.
As for my CES-I symptoms, both legs though mostly my right leg, have gradually weakened over the past decade with very little if any sensory deficits. What I experience, now, seems more like an awkward lag in my gait with a continuing balance disorder that rehab hasn’t improved.
At first, I thought my ongoing awkward gait was likely an after-effect of my past cerebellar tumor, removed in 2018 — but then, my mostly bilateral right leg weakness was first noticed in 2008. Even in 2013, I was told my brain tumor was very small and asymptomatic. So, I'm thinking my CES-I was present in 2008. Then too, when my brain tumor was resected in 2018 my leg weakness was unchanged. Last year, my brain MRI looked very good and couldn’t explain my ongoing leg weakness thus, the EMG was ordered.
If my upcoming MRI reveals a tumor, I have to wonder, if, it might be similar to my resected brain tumor, as I've read that, these tumors can occur in clusters. They’re also extremely slow-growing, present at birth, benign with connections to the nervous system.
This makes my wonder if my brain-body communications might be faulty thus, manifesting symptoms. I suspect, I’ll be told I need surgery.