Thanks for the info Lucky.
Joanie, I'm sorry Mike is suffering through this as well.
Dad, only has slight numbness in his right foot and left hand...more tingling thaan numbness. he has not lost feeling, just coordination. He is strong in all his mucsles. which, when he goes through and episode, makes it more difficult to control him. His arms and legs jerk uncontrollably with the slightest pressure on them...thus when he tries to walk, he falls.
He has been tested for stroke and found nothing. He was on Lyrica and it helped a lot...but the swelling got so bad he had to stop taking it (he has had two heart bybass surgeries, a pace maker and high blood pressure). He is on Pletal...initially for leg pain, but it also helps with his chronic Angina.
We sat around the hospital room all day yesterday waiting for his Neurologist's partner to see him and he never showed!
So, I am headed back to the hospital in a few. The hospitalist wants to release him and the PT wants to keep him.
I'll be taking this week off to get him squared away. I'll keep you posted.