The secretary/nurse? at the physiatrist just called me back.

She said they got the report back from my MRI this morning, but she cant tell me what's in it because the doctor had already left!! (darn HIPAA rules!)

ARRRGGGHHH!!!

She could have just waited till tomorrow and had him call me back then, instead of calling me tonight and basically saying, "we have your results, sit there and be anxious till, Oh....9am tomorrow and we'll call you back...." At least I wont have to wait over Xmas like I did back in 2006.

I hope it's not something scary. (scarier than MS or a slipped disc at least) Kind of hoping he was right that it was a slipped disc. That's at least something they might be able to fix.

I'm more anxious now than I was waiting to go do the MRI this morning!

Hope this wont be ruining Xmas. I'm all nervous now!

All they saw on the MRI was "arthritic changes".

So, the physiatrist says that he thinks it's the MS causing the problems, but after I told him about the MRI reports from 5yrs ago that actually mention specific places on my spine for bulging discs and things like that, he wants me to bring him the printouts on those MRI's (I'm taking the cd's with me too)

So, I go see him next week to get a few xrays also (because he wants to see how my back bends and moves) and then I can do PT. I get to do traditional PT, and he's going to try the aquatic PT also to see if I can handle it. (the pool is 93 degrees, have to see if I can stand the temperature)

When I see him next week, I'll find out if I get any fancy stylish footwear or a knee brace or two.

So, I guess I just have to wait (impatiently) for the stupid flare to clear up. Probably a good thing it's the MS, because if it were slipped discs, they'd want to get all stabby with me and cut things to fix it, and that sounds like it'd hurt...and probably takes just as long to recover from as an MS flare.

At least the MRI didnt see anything new and creepy other than the "arthritic changes". Arthritic changes sounds a lot better than "there's a bright glowy spot on your spine that we havent seen before".

You need to see if you can get the MRIs downloaded on your Ipad! Wouldn't that be fun

well, I emailed the scans of the paper reports that I was given that has all the impressions, conclusions and stuff on them to my iPad. (made it easier to show to my dad the other night) I have all my medical reports from that year saved on one of my computers, which reminds me, I better put everything on a pin drive as a backup.

I wish I could figure out how to get the MRI scans onto the iPad, but I bet I need a special app for that. That would be cool to put them on the iPad!

You might as well start dealing with the arthritic changes now, even if they are not the main event. Take calcium citrate between meals, with D3, take Magnesium at meals, etc.
It might put off a fracture later on. I work hard at this, because I have arthritic changes which were thought to possibly by lytic lesions, but are deemed "arthritic changes" in the hips. I also do PT and do the exercises all the time at home, especially the stretching exercises for the calves and quads. The stretching exercises have eliminated my nighttime spasms too.

Glad it's not a big new problem, Erin. Old ones are sufficient.

The physiatrist said that he's got stuff he can help me with that should help with the MSish things and the "arthritic changes". I really like that physiatrist, he at least doesnt talk down to me like I've had a few doctors do...and he's going to let me try to do swimming therapy in the 93 degree pool.

If I could get in that pool right now, I would. Wish that it wasnt Xmas weekend, I'd have set up a PT appointment tomorrow if I could have.