Some of you may remember my previous posts but quick back story: I seem to be having an exacerbation for the first time in 4 years, with about 7 different symptoms popping up over the past 6 weeks, so the MS center ordered a brain and spine MRI and were concerned I might need to move to a more aggressive drug.
Now ... I know I should take this with a grain of salt, since the MS specialist may see things the radiologist doesn't, and there have been times he's thoroughly disagreed with the radiologist's assessment. But my husband just drove down to the hospital and picked up the radiologist's report for me (since the MS Center keeps insisting they haven't gotten it).
* C-spine MRI shows NO lesions. Totally normal.
* "Several" lesions on each hemisphere of my brain but no focus of abnormal enhancement, i.e. no active lesions.
I'll certainly know more when the MS Specialist actually compares this MRI with my previous ones to see if there are new lesions, but I have some questions for you guys in the meantime: Could an "inactive" lesion be causing my symptoms? I don't know if this is good news or not because if MS isn't causing my symptoms, what is? I go back to the MS Center 10/25 for my followup appt so hopefully I'll get some answers then. I also just made an appt with a PCP here in Columbia for 10/28. If this is something other than MS, I guess I'll work with him on more testing to figure out what's going on. Hopefully it's something easy to diagnose and treat but we'll see. Anyone else had a similar experience when they thought they were having a flare but MRIs showed nothing? Did you ever find the cause of your symptoms?
Now ... I know I should take this with a grain of salt, since the MS specialist may see things the radiologist doesn't, and there have been times he's thoroughly disagreed with the radiologist's assessment. But my husband just drove down to the hospital and picked up the radiologist's report for me (since the MS Center keeps insisting they haven't gotten it).
* C-spine MRI shows NO lesions. Totally normal.
* "Several" lesions on each hemisphere of my brain but no focus of abnormal enhancement, i.e. no active lesions.
I'll certainly know more when the MS Specialist actually compares this MRI with my previous ones to see if there are new lesions, but I have some questions for you guys in the meantime: Could an "inactive" lesion be causing my symptoms? I don't know if this is good news or not because if MS isn't causing my symptoms, what is? I go back to the MS Center 10/25 for my followup appt so hopefully I'll get some answers then. I also just made an appt with a PCP here in Columbia for 10/28. If this is something other than MS, I guess I'll work with him on more testing to figure out what's going on. Hopefully it's something easy to diagnose and treat but we'll see. Anyone else had a similar experience when they thought they were having a flare but MRIs showed nothing? Did you ever find the cause of your symptoms?
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