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Hi again...ok lets get to the point since I'm so long winded.brain scan was interesting to me. I made sure I had a copy of it before I left.they told me I could get the report probably in 24 hours when they were through with it. Well called my doc 2 hours later and report was in.wasn't and picked up my copy of it. Looked at it and compared it to ones I had seen on youtube of ms lesions. Couldn't make out but 2 possibles on spine.
Brain though...contrast use is wonderful. I looked at images very carefully, REALLY looked. I saw several areas that looked not only like old lesions but also some very bright white active and new lesions. Even more horrifying was realizing that the right hemisphere of my brain was noticeably smaller than the left side. Well my left side has always been my bad side....very bad. Doc tries telling me it was just the angle the images. Yeah. So the only thing supposedly wrong is some old ischemia..just slushy brain blood and little broken capillaries.
The report did say "no mass lesions", my doc says that means"no lesions", Why don't they just say that then? So status now is I had to see a kinda neuro ophthalmologist and I have been dxed with blepharospasms and he is thinking I have Graves disease. Another mri..this one of my eyes and blood tests for thyroid. They say MS and Graves have many same symptoms. Not an MS hug though. Yesterday I woke up and felt very strange. In kitchen I was talking to family when suddenly my husband yelled out my name and literally almost carried me back to bed. He said I was shaking slightly and then began rocking back and forth so hard he thought I was gonna fall. all I remember is a sudden feeling of numbness and as if I were someone else watching sgml of it going on. It was very strange. Of course the under arm hugs continue almost daily.
What to do? Just give up up I suppose. My doc only cares about me quiting smoking so I don't stroke out...hemoglobin too high and loss of oxygen to brain I guess.of course those ischemia things were so obvious...I'm just tired of it all.
Brain though...contrast use is wonderful. I looked at images very carefully, REALLY looked. I saw several areas that looked not only like old lesions but also some very bright white active and new lesions. Even more horrifying was realizing that the right hemisphere of my brain was noticeably smaller than the left side. Well my left side has always been my bad side....very bad. Doc tries telling me it was just the angle the images. Yeah. So the only thing supposedly wrong is some old ischemia..just slushy brain blood and little broken capillaries.
The report did say "no mass lesions", my doc says that means"no lesions", Why don't they just say that then? So status now is I had to see a kinda neuro ophthalmologist and I have been dxed with blepharospasms and he is thinking I have Graves disease. Another mri..this one of my eyes and blood tests for thyroid. They say MS and Graves have many same symptoms. Not an MS hug though. Yesterday I woke up and felt very strange. In kitchen I was talking to family when suddenly my husband yelled out my name and literally almost carried me back to bed. He said I was shaking slightly and then began rocking back and forth so hard he thought I was gonna fall. all I remember is a sudden feeling of numbness and as if I were someone else watching sgml of it going on. It was very strange. Of course the under arm hugs continue almost daily.
What to do? Just give up up I suppose. My doc only cares about me quiting smoking so I don't stroke out...hemoglobin too high and loss of oxygen to brain I guess.of course those ischemia things were so obvious...I'm just tired of it all.
Can you post some of the images from your MRI to your photos? It would be interesting to see what you are seeing on them. I have several of mine posted.