merrygirl
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I had a MRI of my brain tonight. I made them give me a disc of images. I was going to bring it to my LLMD visit on Monday It is my first one.
This may be a dumb question but will he look at it and will it aid him in any way? He is going to see it before my duck who ordered it. There are no reports or anything, but will he likely know what he is looking at?
Also I had a couple of CT scans in the last few weeks. Why is MRI different (besides magnetic vs xray) Are the pictures different or better?
Thanks everyone. Melissa
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MRI's are very high resolution and pick up everything. I would say yes, take it to your LLMD, he may not know how to read one as well as a radiologist can but he would like to see
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merrygirl
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Thanks, I figure it cant hurt to bring it! Thansk again
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Did you have contrast die injected during the MRI? If so, it makes your blood vessels in your brain appear bright white on the films. Its amazing. I went over my MRI images with my duck neuro who put me on antidepressants.
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merrygirl
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I had some pics with dye and without. I am anxious to see. I have the disc, I havent looked at it myself yet. Probably shouldnt Melissa
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cactus
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Hi merrygirl
Yep, it can't hurt to take it with you - why not?
Do you still have your CT reports, too? Take it all!
So happy your appt is coming up so soon!
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