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Posted by Wildthing (Member # 6791) on :

Hi,

I had an MRI done today and they gave me the disc (big mistake)!

So naturally, I had to look at it.

Boy am I sorry I did! [bonk]

Is this what white matter looks like?

My neuro appt isn't for another few weeks.

If anyone has experience with MRI's can you take a look at my pics?

I posted them in Picassa because I couldn't figure out how to paste them.

http://picasaweb.google.com/tpratt61/MRI#

Thanks,
Teresa

[ 25. October 2008, 02:56 AM: Message edited by: Wildthing ]

Posted by seekhelp (Member # 15067) on :

Trying to interpret your own MRIs without a medical background is NOT a good idea. Talk about a quick way to freak yourself out.

Unless there are docs on this board (specifically radiologists / neuros), I'd wait to hear from your physician. Not everyone here knows everything. They sure know a lot though!

Posted by Curiouser (Member # 14128) on :

Did you get it done over at Pottstown? Cool how they give you the disk right away, isn't it?

I've spent many a fun hour going over my MRI and comparing it to "normal" brains on various neuroimaging websites. It's good to have a hobby. [Big Grin]

Back to your scan -
there's really not enough images posted there to tell much of anything.

I fully understand the anticipation and frustration of waiting for test results. Had a sleep study 6 weeks ago and the results aren't back YET! Sheesh!

Your results should be back in a couple of days (probably Mon or Tues). Try to distract yourself with other things until then.

You can also call up the center/hospital where you had the MRI done, request a copy of the report, and pick it up before your appt. Sneak preview!

If you say it's for the dr's appt, you can get it for free. Otherwise, they usually charge a fee.

For a lot of lyme folks, MRIs come back normal. A spect scan would really be a lot more telling, although some insurance companies consider them to be "experimental" and won't cover them.

Good luck and let us know what your results are. [Smile]

Posted by Wildthing (Member # 6791) on :

couriouser-your comment is absolutely hilarious!

A Hobby.. [lol]

I had it done at Montgomery Hospital in Norristown.

You guys are right, I shouldn't try to interpret, but everytime I do something stupid, get a headache, miss my mouth when I'm eating, or leave my car running outside for 3 hours, I will wonder...

Thanks for the input, I'll try to be patient!!! [confused]

Posted by ByronSBell 2007 (Member # 11496) on :

Just wanted to let you know that MS "those white spots" can be healed. A patient I am friends with had MS and after attacking it hard with IV ABx and heparin, it is gone now. This has happened for other patients in the past as well.

Posted by soonermom (Member # 14494) on :

I posted a few slices of my brain to let you see what white matter lesions look like. I only have pics of 2 slices (taken @ 1 month apart)...there are more lesions in different areas also.

I didn't see any on your scan, but be sure and get a copy of the radiologist's report so you can read it for yourself.

I am hoping that after a year, mine will be gone or at least much smaller.

Have recently started on heparin (also take boluoke) and some numbness is fading...feels like blood flowing through that area.

http://picasaweb.google.com/jswatson92/Brain# [dizzy]

Posted by DaveNJ (Member # 17362) on :

Soonermom,

these look very much like mine...tested for everything of course and nothing.

The MRI helped my clinical diagnosis.

Theresa....hand in there....bet its nothing but the lyme.

Dave

Posted by kelmo (Member # 8797) on :

There's white matter and gray matter. White matter is a wrapping around the gray matter. There is a communication between the two.

I may have some of this incorrect, but this is what I remember when my daughter had her first MRI and there were lesions on her white matter.

I had an MRI done due to siezures. The neuro told me it looked normal.

I got a second opinion from a doctor who insists on looking at the films himself and not just the report.

My brain was covered with white spots. He said it would appear that I had several strokes. But...he was confident it was due to an infection. An infection! He's a keeper!