Visit to Neurologist for nerve conductivity

We visited Dr. Waldrop today and had Mom's feet/leg nerves tested and her left hand. The outcome is that she has severe polyneuropathy. ( I failed to ask what "poly" meant but I'm guessing it includes her hands -- I'll check on that tomorrow).

Given that the neuropathy progressed very slowly he says that it is most probably genetic in origin. I asked him about us and he said we could end up having it as well.

To rule out other causal factors, he tested Mom for diabetes and heavy metals which are also causes of neuropathy. Mom's tests came out good. He also checked her B12 levels and they too are good. So, in his mind, this confirms his diagnosis of genetic polyneuropathy.

His recommendation was for Mom to take a B complex vitamin daily as it should make her more comfortable and possibly slow further progress. As for us, he recommends adding B complex to our daily regime as well as it could delay neuropathy in us.

Long and short of it, this is a contributing factor to Mom's balance problems in addition to her eyes. Physical therapy should help and we are seeing him in 6 weeks, at which point the therapy is finished and we can see how much progress has been made.