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MY HUSBAND HAD NON HODGKINS CNS LYPHOMA IN 2008. HE
MY HUSBAND HAD NON HODGKINS CNS LYPHOMA IN 2008. HE WAS SUCCESSFULLY TREATED AND HAS BEEN CANCER FREE SINCE THEN. HOWEVER HE HAS LOST SOME MOBILITY ON HIS RIGHT LEG AND ARM.
HE USES A WALKER BUT RECENTLY IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS WE HAD SOME HOT WEATHER AND HE HAS FALLEN THREE TIMES IN THE HOUSE. THE LAST TIME I CALLED THE AMBULANCE AND THEY TOOK HIM TO THE HOSPITAL. HE WAS ALSO CONFUSED. THEY THINK THE BRAIN IS TRYING TO HEAL ITSELF AND THE NEURONS ARE FIRING OFF CREATING MINI SEIZURES. HE HAS NEVER LOST CONCIOUSNESS ALTHOUGH HE DOES GET VERY CONFUSED. THEY STARTED HIM ON ONE DILANTIN PER NIGHT AND NOW HAVE HIM UP TO THREE DILANTIN PER NIGHT HE HAS BEEN IN HOSPITAL FOR 10 DAYS AND HE HAS LOST MORE MOBILITY HE NEEDS A LOT OF HELP TO STAND UP AND ALSO TO USE THE WALKER TO GET TO THE BATHROOM. IS THIS A SIDE EFFECT OF THE DILANTIN?
HE USES A WALKER BUT RECENTLY IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS WE HAD SOME HOT WEATHER AND HE HAS FALLEN THREE TIMES IN THE HOUSE. THE LAST TIME I CALLED THE AMBULANCE AND THEY TOOK HIM TO THE HOSPITAL. HE WAS ALSO CONFUSED. THEY THINK THE BRAIN IS TRYING TO HEAL ITSELF AND THE NEURONS ARE FIRING OFF CREATING MINI SEIZURES. HE HAS NEVER LOST CONCIOUSNESS ALTHOUGH HE DOES GET VERY CONFUSED. THEY STARTED HIM ON ONE DILANTIN PER NIGHT AND NOW HAVE HIM UP TO THREE DILANTIN PER NIGHT HE HAS BEEN IN HOSPITAL FOR 10 DAYS AND HE HAS LOST MORE MOBILITY HE NEEDS A LOT OF HELP TO STAND UP AND ALSO TO USE THE WALKER TO GET TO THE BATHROOM. IS THIS A SIDE EFFECT OF THE DILANTIN?
