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A Rare Diagnosis Leads to a Successful Surgery and Recovery

10/22/2019
DANBURY, Connecticut, October 23, 2019 — Drew*, a 65-year-old man from Connecticut, was living an adventurous life until he started to experience unusual muscle weakness in his legs and unexplained fatigued. What he thought was possibly Lyme disease, or symptoms of normal aging, turned out to be much more serious.
Investigating the symptoms
Drew is a retired fire chief and emergency medical technician (EMT) who is currently in aviation. He’s scaled mountains from Grand Teton in Wyoming to the Eiger and the Matterhorn in Switzerland. He’s an avid hiker, skier, and traveler. On a ski trip to Austria, Drew was surprised when he didn’t feel like his active and energetic self and his legs were tiring faster than usual. After that trip, when he was on a hike in the Adirondacks, his friends also noticed these changes, and commented “this isn’t like you.”
Over several months, Drew’s symptoms continued to worsen. The numbness, stiffness, and weakness in both legs, mostly from the knees down, were impacting his life. He couldn’t click into his ski bindings, and he was having trouble walking up and down stairs.
Drew decided to see his primary care provider, Bob Greco, a physician assistant (PA) from Western Connecticut Medical Group (WCMG) New Fairfield Primary Care. Although the symptoms Drew was experiencing were consistent with a known reaction to a medication he was taking, Bob recommended that he see a neurologist to be sure it wasn’t something else. Bob referred Drew to Dr. David Greco, a neurologist who practices out of Associated Neurologists, P.C. and is affiliated with Nuvance Health’s Danbury Hospital and New Milford Hospital.
Dr. David Greco, Neurologist