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My mom can't walk, doctor's don't know why

Autoimmune Diseases | Last Active: Aug 28 9:19pm | Replies (60)

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Look it can make her feel energetic once she gets oxygen! The hypoxia can cause heart attack or stroke. Plus, Cpaps have come a long long way.
You can use nasal pillows now, instead of a mask & it just forces your airway open if you stop breathing.
It’s so wide & soft, you don’t feel like anything is in your nose openings !
Plus hypertension goes away too often after use of Cpap at night!
But if they have not run a. MRI of the c-spine, see if the Doc can, b/c by her positional symptoms, being fine & then getting worse, that often happens when the nerve is compressed more, so lifting, pushing , carrying groceries or laundry can bend the neck & that would cause her to be fine & then get worse! That’s probably why docs were previously testing for orthostatic hypotension!
The reason I know, is b/c I’ve been there, and was shuffled around, until I saw on an MRI cord compression at C4-C5 and subsequent surgery to lift the disc off the cord relieved all the symptoms!

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They did a spine MRI along with the brain. It didn't come up with anything.

She knows the benefits of the machine. She just doesn't want to do it. Though she knows she has to.