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    #16
    I was diagnosed in April of 2011 and have only had spine lesions. I have had 3 brain MRIs with no lesions. My symptoms are weakness, balance problems, dizziness, vision issues, cognitive issues, fatigue, pain, headaches.. to name a few.

    My arms and legs are weak and heavy. I have trouble walking far without resting. If I stand up for too long my back hurts. I am always dizzy and the floor feels like it is moving up and down... kind of like I'm on a boat. I joke with my kids that I would make a bad pirate because I seem to get pretty seasick

    I did have a positive LP. My spine lesions are in my cervical and upper thoracic spine only. The lesions are at C3, C4-C5, C6, T1-T2. My neurologist did not seem concerned that my brain scan did not show lesions.

    The longest I have been in the MRI tube was for the brain, C-spine, and the T-spine and it took around 1 1/2 hours. And earlier that day I had the spinal tap done! That's when I got diagnosed!! Luckily I was admitted in the hospital at the time. Not a fun day

    Hope that helped!

    I had another MRI today of my brain and C-spine to see if there are any changes so I will let you know if my brain has any lesions when I get the results.

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      #17
      Originally posted by Whimpurr View Post
      I have only had MRIs of the head and cervical spine done so far. When I requested one of my thoracic spine, my "neuro NP" said that they didn't like to do them because you had to stay in the tube for a long time. I am just wondering if there are specific symptoms that occur mainly from lesions on the thoracic spine.

      Thanks for any information on this!
      I had a Tspine MRI done a few months ago....it didn't take any longer than any other MRI. Actually, I don't think it even took as long as the MRI's I've had done on my brain.

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        #18
        THank you all very much for sharing your personal experience with the location on of your lesions vs symtoms. If I ever manage to get an appt with the MS clinic, I am going to insist we look further down the spine!
        MS - diagnosed 2/05/2013

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