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Originally Posted by lady_express_44
I think we are saying the same thing, Natalie . . . but in that particular paragraph I was only referring to "active" lesions that are apparent on a MRI.
What you are saying is what I was trying to get at with my comments about neurodegeneration causing the damage, vs. inflamation. I believe that they recognize our lesions as the inflamation process that is going on, BUT that this is not the whole story. Some people have considerable disability with few lesions, and vice-versa . . . and some researchers currently suspect that is because there is another process going on too (i.e. neurodegeneration).
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17397873
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/conten...00003/art00002
Or did I misunderstand your point? 
Cherie |
Cherie,
Maybe I misunderstood you! Yes, I was suggesting that some other process is going on that isn't really identifiable on the MRI and they aren't even sure what it is. The research I had read said that it is imperative to get on one of the CRABs because there is always damage going on in the brain that just may not be visible on the MRI. That was a scary proposition. No matter what, the uncertainty of this disease is something that I haven't dealt with yet...maybe it's something you never really adjust to?? I find the whole thing still very frightening-- but I've only been diagnosed for 8 months. It seems that all of the unknowns take a tremendous toll on you psychologically.