A.V.M. IN SPINAL CORD T4 LEVEL

[Steve]

ABOUT 1990 I NOTICED A TINGLING / NUMBNESS IN MY TOES, OVER THE YEARS THIS SENSATION HAD CREPT UP MY BODY TO MY BUTTOCKS, THE NEUROLOGIST (WHOM I HAD SEEN SEVERAL TIMES OVER 2/4 YEARS) SAID IT WAS M.S. AFTER TORTUOS TIME, A MR DIAS RECOMMENDED ME FOR AN M.R.I. SCAN, THE OUTCOME OF THE SCAN WAS THE DISCOVERY OF AN A.V.M. IN THE SPINAL CORD, I HAD THE SYMPTOMS OF SOMEONE WITH M.S. AND I WAS RAPIDLY GETTING WORSE BY THE DAY, I ENDED UP AT ADDENSBROOKE HOSPITAL, CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND IN MAY 2000 FOR EMBOLISATION, THIS WAS UNSUCCESSFUL AND IN NOVEMBER 2000 I HAD INVASIVE SPINAL SURGERY WHICH WAS SUCCESSFUL IN THE SEALING OF SAID A.V.M. TODAY AS AT FEBRUARY 26TH 2009 I AM STILL WALKING WITH THE AID OF A STICK ( AN UNGAINLY GAIT )AND ITS AN EFFORT TO WALK, IS THERE ANYONE WHO KNOWS OF ANY TREATMENT THAT MAY HELP ME REGAIN SOME OF THE SENSATION IN MY LEGS, ETC.P.SMITH , CANNOCK ENGLAND.