Thread: MRI Results & Almost 2 Year Anniversary
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Old 02-03-2014, 09:18 PM
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Originally Posted by YellowBird View Post
You are really getting an MRI with DTI (diffusion tensor imaging done) done?
I didn't know those are available apart from research yet. They can show structural changes in the integrity of white matter happening after concussion (which is not possible to be recognized with standard MRI).

There are studies that could show structural changes in the white matter 1 year after the concussions happened.

I don't know what the "something else" you mentioned could be. As far as I know DTI is already the cutting edge technology in current magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology regarding brain injuries available.
Please keep the board updated when you have had the imaging and know more.

Best wishes to you and the thread starter!
Hi again! I remember now...the MD (neuro-opthamologist) ordered the DTI and SWI. He is new to my city so hopefully the hospital knows what he is talking about! My GP was not aware of those types of MRIs!

I am not in Florida but saw that this place offered the DTI and SWI:
http://www.universitydiagnostic.com/...in-injury.aspx

The other MRI that can show something is the functional MRI. I have not had one, and was interested in pursuing that avenue but a friend who researchers fMRI at a university said it may not give me any info. that I can use at this time. In other words, if it shows my brain is not normal, how do I know that it wasn't abnormal to begin with (I should add he was a friend when we were teenagers and I haven't seen him since then so still has that mentality!)

Has anyone out there had the DTI or SWI MRI? fMRI? Perhaps we should start a thread on this?
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What happened: Legs pulled forward by a parent's hockey stick while resting at the side of the rink at a family skate....sent me straight back. I hit the back of my head (with helmet) on the ice, bounced a few times, unconscious for a few minutes. September 11, 2011. Off work since then…I work part-time at home when I can. It has been hell but slowly feeling better (when I am alone☺).

Current symptoms: Vision problems (but 20/20 in each eye alone!) – convergence insufficiency – horizontal and vertical (heterophoria), problems with tracking and saccades, peripheral vision problems, eyes see different colour tints; tinnitus 24/7 both ears; hyperacusis (noise filter gone!), labyrinthian (inner ear) concussion, vestibular dysfunction (dizzy, bedspins, need to look down when walking); partial loss of sense of smell; electric shocks through head when doing too much; headaches; emotional lability; memory blanks; difficulty concentrating. I still can’t go into busy, noisy places. Fatigue. Executive functioning was affected – multi-tasking, planning, motivation. Slight aphasia. Shooting pain up neck and limited mobility at neck. Otherwise lucky!

Current treatments: Vestibular therapy, Vision therapy, amantadine (100 mg a day), acupuncture and physiotherapy for neck, slow return to exercise, magnesium, resveratrol, omega 3 fish oils, vitamins D, B and multi. Optimism and perserverance.
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