They usually come with a program that reads it, If you get in you want to read the report and don't get too stressed out. A lot of the language really need to be explained by the Dr.

I just saw a neuro today to look at my films. She showed me where they were on the spine. I would never have recognized them otherwise.

(lesions that is on the spinal cord)

When I get my MRI on a disc, I usually pop the thing in my computer and let it run itself until the pictures start showing up, then I can click away. Sorry I'm not much on computers to be able to help more!

It is best that you wait until you see your neuro for a full and accurate reading. When that time comes, make sure that you spend time looking at what he is seeing, ask him to point out any concerns he may have. Take another with you to that appointment too to help you remember everything he tells you.

Well!? I'm not sure what they come with but usually I do the same Choppe! I just take it & pop it in & bam it starts going & then I get the pics, etc... & I just go through all of them & look at them! Then I make notes on ones that I have questions about & then ask the doc if they will go over them with me! But that's NOT GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THESE DAMNED DOCTORS!!!

I WON'T BE TALKING TO THE NEURO ABOUT IT OR SEEING HIM! HE DID NOT ORDER THESE!!! :) THE RA DID! AND, I HAD THE DAMNED DISC WITH ME IN THE FREAKING OFFICE & I TOLD HER THAT & SHE SAID THAT THEY COULDN'T PUT THEM IN THEIR COMPUTERS & LOOK AT THEM THERE!

WELL!!! WHAT THE HELL KIND OF DOCTOR OFFICE DON'T HAVE A WAY TO PUT IN MRI DISK'S & LOOK AT THEM! THE DOCTORS NEED TO BE LOOKING AT THE STUPID DISK THEMSELVES!!! NOT JUST LOOKING AT SOME REPORT!!! THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE ENOUGH SENSE TO LOOK AT THEM & TO EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING AT!

I CAN READ THEM BETTER THEN MY STUPID DOCTORS CAN! And, my best friend is a long standing PT & teaches the PT program at a local college! She has a best friend who is a nurse! And, she works for doctors, etc... And, my PT friend has DA's at the college too & she could ask them if she had to!?

And, while I can't read everything on them I am pretty good at reading most films, due to my own medical experience. And, like I will make notes on certain things that I see a problem with, & then I will let my friend look at it & NOT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT I THINK!!! And, I will wait for her to pick out anything that she sees a problem with! And, every single time we, separtly, together pick out the same exact things to have questions about! So I know that I am pretty right on with most of the spots or places that I have questions about!?

BUT I HAVE YET!!! TO GET ANY DOCTOR TO LOOK AT ANY OF THEM OR TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE ABOUT ANY OF THEM!?

I kind of know what the average lesion looks like on the spine!?

But regardless of any of this I HAVE THE DISC & I WANT TO LOOK AT MY FILMS!!! :) I WENT TO A LOT OF TROUBLE TO HAVE THOSE MRI'S!!! AND, I WENT TO A LOT OF TROUBLE TO GET THE DISK! SO I WANT TO SEE WHAT IS ON IT!

NORMALLY...... I DO NOT HAVE A PROBLEM!!! I JUST POP IN THE DISK & THERE IT IS!!! BUT NOW I DO! WHEN I PUT THE DISK IN, IT SPINS! BUT NOTHING COMES UP! AND, NOTHING I HAVE ON THE COMPUTER WILL SEEM TO READ IT OR SHOW IT!

I EVEN TRIED DOWNLOADING THE LATEST VERSION OF REAL PLAYER & VLC??? AND, THE COMPUTER WON'T EVEN FINISH PUTTING THAT ON ITSELF! IT IS USUALLY VERY SIMPLE TO DOWNLOAD ANYTHING!!! BUT THE COMPUTER IS NOT DOING IT!

I THINK THAT PART GOT DAMAGED IN THE TORNADO WHEN THE KEYBOARD GOT DAMAGED!? BUT IT'S HARD TO TELL!?

I WAS REALLY REALLY HOPING THAT GUY WOULD KEEP HIS WORD LAST WEEKEND & COME BY HERE & FIX MY COMPUTER & LOOK AT IT TO SEE WHAT ALL IT WAS DOING!? BUT HE DID NOT CALL OR COME LIKE HE SAID THAT HE WOULD!? SO THAT WAS VERY VERY FRUSTRATING!

BUT HE DID SAY TO TRY TAKING IT APART VERY CAREFULLY & BLOWING IT OUT WITH A CAN OF AIR! HE SAID THAT THAT USUALLY FIXES THE PROBLEM!? SO I'M GOING TO SEE IF I CAN DO THAT??? I DON'T KNOW!?

I DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY TO HAVE IT WORKED ON! AND, IT IS VERY VERY FRUSTRATING!!! JUST SOMETHING ELSE THAT THE TORNADO DID TO CAUSE ME HUGE PROBLEMS!

SO----THE QUESTION IS: IS THERE A PROGRAM THAT I CAN DOWNLOAD THAT WILL ALLOW ME TO VIEW THE FILMS ON THE DISK???

I DON'T NEED ANYTHING TO READ THE FILMS OR READ THE LINGO! I GET MOST OF THAT & I ASK MY BESTEST FRIEND IF I DON'T!? lol :) WHAT I NEED TO KNOW IS: IS THERE A PROGRAM THAT I CAN DOWNLOAD FOR FREE ON MY COMPUTER THAT WILL READ THE DISK ITSELF & ALLOW ME TO SEE THE FILMS ON IT???

THANKS GUYS!!!! I'M SORRY THAT MY QUESTION WAS NOT VERY CLEAR!!! I DID A BAD JOB ON WHAT I WAS TRYING TO ASK!!! LOL LOL LOL :)

AND, AGAIN.... MY NEUO WILL NOT BE READING IT OR LOOKING AT IT! I WAS ALREADY AT THE DOCTOR OFFICE THE OTHER DAY & I WON'T BE GOING BACK UNTIL TIME TO GET MY REFILLS ON THE 20TH OF NEXT MONTH! BUT I WILL BE SEEING A NEW FAMILY DOC ON THE 29TH OF THIS MONTH!?

AND, I DON'T KNOW IF SHE CAN READ ANYTHING OR NOT!? OR EVEN WILL!? MOST OF THEM DO NOT WANT TO FOOL WITH OR BE BOTHERED BY THIS KIND OF STUFF! AND, I KNOW FOR SURE THAT THE RA WHO ORDERED THIS STUFF WILL NOT BE PUTTING THE DISK IN OR READING IT PERIOD, OR INTERPRETING ANYTHING! THEY ARE JUST TAKING ALL DOG-GONE YEAR TO GET A FREAKING PAPER REPORT FROM THE HOSPITAL!!! AND, THEN ALL THEY ARE GOING TO DO IS TO CALL ME & TELL ME WHAT THAT STUPID REPORT SAYS!!!!

AND, I AM JUST SOOOO DAMNED FRUSTRATED WITH ALL OF THE FREAKING STUPID MEDICAL SHIT & WITH MY COMPUTER & THIS STUPID DISK!!! :)

I AM JUST SOOOOOO DOG-GONE FRUSTRATED & DEPRESSED RIGHT NOW THAT I WANT TO JUST YELL & SCREAM AT THE TOP OF MY LUNGS!!!!

I TOOK 2--3 LITER COKE JUGS WHILE AGO & BEAT THEM TOGETHER WITH ALL OF MY STRENGTH TO BLOW OFF SOME OF MY DOG-GONE FRUSTRATION!!!

I JUST FEEL LIKE I HAVE DONE NOTHING BUT WASTE THE PAST 4 YEARS OF MY LIFE SCREWING WITH A BUNCH OF FREAKING IDIOTS THAT DO ABSOLUTELY NOTHING BUT SHOOT AT MY FEET & MAKE ME DANCE--JUST FOR THE SHEAR JOY OF TORMENTING ME!!! :)

THEY ARE ALL SOOOO DAMNED STUPID & THEY DON'T KNOW SHIT!!! AND, WHEN I SAY ANYTHING THAT MAKES ANY SENSE AT ALL THEY JUST LOOK AT ME LIKE I'M FREAKING RETARDED OR SOMETHING!!! AND, RIGHT NOW!? ME & MY BEST FRIEND ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT SEE THE TRUTH & THAT ARE PAYING ANY SERIOUS ATTENTION TO IT!

WE CAN SEE THE PROBLEMS!!! WE JUST CAN'T GET ANY OF THEM TO SEE IT OR TO GET OFF THEIR ASS'S & DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT!!!

I JUST FEEL LIKE I WASTED 9 HRS OF MY FREAKING DAY & FREAKING LIFE THE OTHER DAY FOR ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!!! AND, IT JUST MAKES ME SOOOOO DAMNED ANGRY!!! And, if I thought it would help I'd shoot my damned computer!!! LOL LOL LOL :)

soooo sorry guys!!!!!! I am having a really bad time right now!!!