>Linda and Dave,
>
>Please post any info you find on his studies. I am extremely interested!!
>Thanks!!
>
>Linda,
>
>Does Dr. Ropper mind if we drop him a line or two???
>I am in Austin, Texas and have not yet found a neuro with much experience
>in the way of TM or MS. My neuro has been helpful but his area of
>specialty is cancer.
>
>To all,
>
>I wanted to get your opinion on the evoked potential test. What have your
>neuros said about this test? Is it a beneficial thing to have done? I ask
>because my neuro thinks potential MS because of my age and sex (I am 26 and
>female), but when first doing all of the MRIs and lumbar puncture, he did
>not recommend doing the evoked potential test because he claimed that it
>(the test) is not done often in Austin and no one doctor has a lot of
>experience with it. But, the neurosurgeon I went to see back in Sept
>96(the "beginning") is from the Boston area and highly recommended this
>test. The neurosurgeon is a young guy who studied on the east coast and he
>claimed that surgery was not an option for me nor a biopsy (my neuro was
>concerned about cancer because the lesion was quite large on the MRI)
>because he thought I had classic signs of MS. I am just lucky that my
>symptoms are very mild most of the time and I have never experienced
>complete paralysis (only partial in my right arm and hand), and that
>recovery was fairly quick.
>Sorry to ramble!?>! Anyway, feedback would be great from those that have
>had this test done.
>
>
>Nicole
Hi Nicole!
I would not think that Dr. Ropper would mind at all! Feel free to give my
name if he wonders how you got his name.....or anyone else that wants to
write or contact him. (BTW, my name is Linda Ziegler!)
I was wondering the name of the neurosurgeon you saw from Boston.
I had the evoked response tests done. They did give Dr. Ropper some
info......but I seem to find that most of the tests that are done are not
terribly conclusive!
I'm very glad to hear that your recovery was quick! Does that mean that you
don't have any lingering effects?? How wonderful if you don't!
Stay well!
Linda