I had an awful time with the contrast question when I had a thymus scan (I'm sorry, can't remember--I'm pretty sure it was a CT-scan, but it could have been an MRI). I had the scan done. My neuro says, "Why didn't they use contrast?" and sends me back. Turns out his secretary had forgotten to request it the first time. I go for the second time. Secretary forgets to request contrast again. Wait while they get hold of the neuro. Then the radiologist insists the contrast is useless for a thymus scan but agrees to use it since the neuro insists.

Me: hey, is iodine safe for someone with Graves' Disease? No one knows. Wait over an hour in my johnnie on the table--it's two hours past my appointment by this time--while they try to find out--with a wicked headache by now, because it's a fasting test and I'm in caffeine withdrawal, low blood-sugar, etc. They're still not sure. Me: Tell you what--I'm going home now. Please call me when you figure it out.

I get home and find "iodinated contrast dyes" on the list of drugs MG patients should avoid anyway. http://www.myasthenia.org/LinkClick....Ak%3d&tabid=84 Never did have that second scan. But I have a different neurologist now.

Abby