Doppler is covered (hurray) and will be Wednesday. Bi lat does = both sides.

Well, I'm back from my Doppler. I'll put the proper medical names of test when I get results Friday and for now I'll say it's the same simple procedure such as rubbing jelly on a expecting mom's tummy to see baby inside. Look at it this way, I got a neck and upper chest message. Enjoyable.

Both sides of neck (bi lat) were done, both sides of upper chest to armpit were done. I was able to watch the screen for left side only. Tech's aren't permitted to give results so THIS Friday the report and disc will be waiting for me and I can't wait. Whole procedure took maybe (a fun) 30 minutes.

They were loving the veins/arteries in my upper chest/arms. I saw them clearly. Told them it pays to workout. They agreed. Expect pictures Friday.

The trade deficit reported today for May-June was $49.9 Billion. Holy crap. Watching news. God bless us.

Eddie, I can hardly wait to see your results. I thought the chest didn't show up well on Doppler and needed the MRV with dye. They said the breast bone is in the way to see the Azygous vein in the spine/chest.

I am sure the color Doppler should be great for the 4 jugulars, did they do the sigmoid sinus in the head?

Was this using Dr. Zamboni's protocol? Good luck.

Ok after grocery shopping I had to go straight home so I couldn't stop to see if disc & full report was ready for me (it wasn't before I left I called) and at 95 degrees I chose my pool and to get what they had over phone

All they have so far is Jugular which.. drumroll please... is 8mm on the left, 4mm on the right which means I have HALF the return on the right! I haven't researched what's normal and want to get results to you's all.

The chest/bicep area will be interesting because when I had i.v.s.m. last year in right arm, I had to message upper right chest area cause it hurt. Tuesday's Tysabri I swore I felt there too.

Sorry we'll have to wait (Monday) for the pictures and trust me nobody wants to see them more then me!

I don't know proper names/location of veins (i'm looking to order real posters soon) so excuse me for not knowing them at this moment. I see someone is quite the educated one though

Ed

edit - actually a 4mm circle is way less area then 1/2 (don't remember formula) then 8mm!

Ok so yestereday they forgot to send disc to local office so I made sure it would be there for me today and it was. Thankyou.
Now, as far as trying to read these things definitely takes schooling but luckily the tech let me turn so I could watch and figure out what she was looking for. The report sorry to say doesn't mention sizes of upper chest area (ordered a anatomical chart yesterday) but I have the video clips on disc so I'll little by little take full-screen shots of each one and compare L to R myself. Looks like MRV or some type of xray with dye is what I need to get a good visual exactly where i'm looking and to see the whole veno system in 1 image. Here's 2 screenshots. The one titled "right side doppler" is screenshot of little video windows which I must say are kinda wild watching them all pulse and yes it's much easier to tell what to look for when you see them pulsing. Im not going to make a screen of left side videos because they're too small. 1 at a time fullscreen is what I'll do..soon.
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http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/WFive/2010...update_100409/

Lots of Information here.

Also you asked about MRV, must have contrast dye.

The Interventional Radiologist will know how to run the following scans:

- a 2D time-of-flight MRV through the head and neck down to the subclavian.
- a time resolved MRA/MRV of the head and neck coronally to the aortic arch.
- flow quatification through the straight sinus, the jugular (upper and lower) and coronally through the jugular/subclavian and brachiocephalic veins in one plane, to check for reflux flow and slow flow.
- SWI if available to check for the small venous structures and iron content

The MRV looks for blockages in both the jugulars and the azygos, but won't find the telltale reflux or backflow of blood. (Doppler does)

That's an important distinction since some people don't have blockages -- but they do have problems with a valve in a vein or with a flap within a vein that causes reflux.

Or go right to the Venagram, and get the procedure at the same time.

Thanks Lady. I'll print your list of to-do's for next appt. Playing around with my 2010 MRI yielded views of (some) "plumbing". I wish they scanned lower. I always get contrast during MR's, CT PET ect since I have no problem with it. Spoke with tech from NYU today and he explained for MRV, inject contrast and wait say 20 seconds? I forget and MRA pretty much immediately. The black & white ones I just did looking for veins/artery.
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