HELLO, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR INCREDIBLE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE ON ARCHNOIDITIS.IN 1973 AND AGAIN IN 1975 I HAD MULTIPLE PANTOPAQUE MEYLOGRAMS.THEY WERE FOR TRYING TO LOCATE A TUMOR OSTEOBLASTOMA THAT TOOK 12 DOCTORS TO FIND IT.I HAD SURGERY 2 TIMES ON MY SPINE BOTH IN THE SAME THORACIC AND 7TH CERVICAL AREA.IN 1995 I BEGAN TO HAVE SEVERE PAIN IN MY THORACIC REGION,EVERYTHING SHOWED SEVERE DETERIORATION OF THE THE SPINAL CHORD,BUT NOTHING MAJOR.IN 2000 MY FEET BEGAN TO HURT,THEN NUMBNESS CAME AND THEN PAIN AND NUMBNESS.I FOUND THE BOOK BY DR.ALDRETE ON LINE AND DIAGNOSED MYSELF.I HAD BEEN TOLD I HAD NEUROPATHY AT ONE DOCTOR THEN AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO I WAS TOLD I HAD RIDICULAROPATHY,THOUGH THE HEAD NEUROLOGIST THOUGHT I WAS PRE-DIABETIC,THOUGH I HAD NO BLOOD PATHOLOGY TO VALIDATE IT.KNOWONE WAS LOOKING AT MY PAST HISTORY.I FINALLY FOUND ANOTHER DR.INDR.ALDRETES BOOK CLOSE TO ME SO I WENT TO SEE HIM,THINKING THANKFULLY HE`LL FOR CERTAIN SEE IT.HE COULD NOT SEE HOW AFTER 20 YEARS IT COULD BE POSSIBLE,I REMINDED HIM OF HIS MENTOR DR.ALDRETE WHO SAID IT WAS.I HAD A COMPLETE SET OF MRI`S DONE IN AN CLOSED AT THE LEVEL IT SAID IN THE BOOK,AND AT L-4 L-5 S-1 THERE WERE MULTIPLE BLACK DOTS SHOWING NERVE CLUMPING.EVEN AFTER SEEING IT AND THE RADIOLOGIST SAYING THAT THEY SAW MARGINAL ARACHNOIDITIS HE AGREED BUT VERY RELUCTANTLY.MY G.P IS GREAT FOR TREATING MY PAIN BUT DOES NOT AGREE WITH ARACH,IT ALSO SHOWED BI-PAR FRACTURES,MY MUSCLE`S ARE ACHING ALL THE TIME IN MY ANKLES AND THIGH`S MY FEET ARE SO SORE THAT I USE A CANE.WHY IS IT THAT IT IS SO HARD TO FIND DOCTORS THAT WILL DIAGNOSE ADHESIVE ARACH I RECALLED ALL MY OLD RECORDS EVEN SHOWING THE MULTIPLE PANTOPAQUE INJECTIONS.YET STILL EVEN AFTER SEEING THE NERVE CLUMPING I COULD EVEN DIAGNOSE AFTER READING AND SEEING PICTURES THEY ARE STILL RELUCTANT.I GUESS MY QUESTION TO YOU IS WHY? AGAIN THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ,FOR ALL OF US.
SINCERLY,JEFF
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