Well, I am limping around with my left big toe all bandaged up. Yesterday I went to a sugeon who permanently removed my big toenail. And in two more days I go to hopkins to have a nuclear scan of my lungs, a 6 m8nute walk test, and an initial consultation with a doc in the pulmonary hypertension clinic. He will then set a date for me to have a right heart catheterization. Th last one was billed at over $22,000. Thank heavens for original medicare plus a good medigap supplement!
And we finally have an appointment for Hubs to be seen at the JHU hydrocephalus clinic. This may not be "atypical Parkinson's after all. His brain ventricals are BIG! It could be what's called "Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus, mimicing Parkinson's. If that's the case, a shunt would help. Maybe I'm grasping at straws, but I think it's worth a tap test to see if a shunt would help.
