mustle waste and dizzinesss

[Fadbach]

I have had 3 extremely severe  illnesses in the past  year, most partly controledl, (thank god)except the last one. whichI hardly noticed that since caused a stroke ulimating muscle waste (28kloss in 12 months!)The surgeon scraped the blood the but dizzy spells have increased to handicapped level .The sureon has mentioned the need for back surgery.I don't know what to do////Help~!

[Abhijeet Ghosh]

Dear Fadbach,
If your treating doctor is mentioning about the surgery, then either you should trust him or get a second opinion and then decide which is better.
SO mush if muscle loss is not good.I would want you to act soon, rather than just keep on thinking.
Since i have not examined you, i won't be able to pin-point the diagnosis.
Hence my sincere advice is same as i have told above.
Please don't panic and trust your treating doctor and go for a back surgery.
However, it would be really good, if you can take a second opinion from another surgeon.
Feel free to discuss more.
Regards

[Fadbach]

Thank you for your advice.  I will go back to my neurosurgeon and continue to have my MRI to assess the damage.  I will ask my GP to refer me for a second opinion once we have the results of the MRI.  Are you open to further opinions if we scan the results so that you can read them?
Thanks again.
Fadbach