Leslie wrote: > Point blank Carm is 80 and she is having TIA's and there are no disease > processes happening here. Do not give up yet. One cannot exclude a diagnosis of "normal pressure hydrocephalus" without a cisternogram (a lumbar puncture followed by injection of radioisotope into the spinal fluid followed by a series of scans over several days). The "multiple stroke syndrome" has no satisfactory treatment, hydrocephalus does. Best, Bob *********************************** ROBERT A. FINK, M. D., F.A.C.S. Neurological Surgery 2500 Milvia Street Suite 222 Berkeley, CA 94704-2636 USA Phone: (510) 849-2555 FAX: (510) 849-2557 WWW: <http://www.dovecom.com/rafink/> mailto:[log in to unmask] "Ex Tristitia Virtus" ***********************************