Good advice! Thanks Ken.
Pam
> be careful, pam. an ortho who has no cp experience
> will bring up surgery as an option. i had an ortho do
> so. after i ask him how the constant spasming would
> affect the healing process, his answer was "i had not
> thought about that." i decline on surgery. i finally
> found a neurologist in a movement disorder clinic
> (part of Emory) on the first visit, he told me that
> under no circumstance should i ever allow anyone to
> talk me into surgery. he said with all the spasms that
> i'd never heal properly. you may be different, but, be
> sure that everything is covered. ask all the
> questions. get the answers.
>