Re: rightside/leftside weakness

October 16, 2003

Greg,

Yes. My right side, while dominant, has always seemed a bit weaker than

the left. My left side, although not dominant, has taken up the slack I

suppose and so I am strong there. Interesting too, my right hip shows it

is higher in an Xray than my left, although measurement of my legs from

hip to foot shows equal distance.

Years ago one of the many doctors who re-diagnosed me with FA said

there's no way I could have CMT because both sides aren't symmetrical.

We know that now is bs.

Physical therapy and all my water classes have me in good shape so I

don't worry about this rightside/leftside stuff much. Until I see myself

reach for something real heavy with my left hand. When I first started

to write (like in 2nd or 3rd grade?) I held the pencil with my left

hand. The teacher slapped my hand and said " NO " (what was I a bad dog?!)

and shoved the pencil in my right hand. So I suppose my hand/eye

coordination was permanently ruined until art school got me back to

" normal " , using my left hand more than the right.

In college I taught myself to write with both hands, (equally, one at a

time) preparing myself in case I ever broke my arm.

~ G

October 16, 2003

Yes, I too have more left-sided problems than right; however,

the first neurologist thought that perhaps I had had a stroke

somewhere along the line. A CT scan just recently did reveal

some small vessel ischemia. However,my weakness is not

uniform; i.e.right hand is weaker than left, but right upper

arm is stronger than left, and so it goes. Sometimes the MD's

just don't want to believe it is so. How about others?

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