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Why my father can’t walk after a fall he had in December of 2022.
Brain & Nervous System | Last Active: Nov 22, 2023 | Replies (15)Comment receiving replies
https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/encyclopedia/content.aspx?contenttypeid=85&contentid=P00811
There are many tests for neurological disorders.
Your description of his fall and subsequent disability doesn't sound like FND. Maybe you could describe more. If he moved during the MRI it may have been muscular spasms that he has no control over. Does it seem as though he doesn't understand that he needs to lie still? I wouldn't stop with one attempt. But I would want a CT scan. What caused the fall? Is it possible he had a TIA ? Was the MRI of the entire spine with contrast.
I'm so glad you got him out of rehab. How long has it been that he's in and then out. Those places can be so disorienting.
What I'm reading is that he that his main trouble is the inability to walk. Do you think it is because of pain or failure of neurological response. Hairline fractures are often overlooked by excellent physicians on good MRIs. They just aren't visualized.
Be aggressive in this pursuit. Bless you for being there for him. We can never return to our parents as much as they have given to us. Give him my best wishes. It is the best luck to have good kids.
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My dad did a sit down mri because he is very claustrophobic. He was very uncomfortable - it was all steel he was sitting on so it was hurting his back so he would shift himself - so no good - they were not spasms. In the past he had the cat scan done without contrast (they said not safe for him at his age to do a contrast). They did mention they saw old TIAs. I think my dad was just traumatized and is afraid. However, his walking with the rolo walker has been decreasing. The PT therapy ended and we are trying to get it resumed. We do as much with him on our own but he just doesn't want to now. We put him on depression medicine to see if his attitude would change. So far not really. He really just wants to be able to walk but won't do the work to get there. I guess being 91 and tired I could understand but I'm not giving up! I will send him your wishes. Thank you for your kind words!