Hey everyone! I hope you're all doing well and hopefully avoiding this heat/humidity!

My results are in from my mri!
It says in all areas (brain, cervical and spinal cord) there is disease progression. Itsaid there are multiple areas of demyelination and some lesions proved to be active lesions.

My c4 (somewhere in my spinal cord, right?) Has a pretty bad section, says its 3mm.

I havent got to see the mri but this is what the reading says.

It also mentions something about alot of T2 cells were found (what is T2?)

Super unfortunate news...
That super awesome new neuro of mine that ordered these tests had to resign for family issues that he has to go take care of out of country. So back to no neuro. I dont even get to tLk to him bout the results. Sucks.

Social security sent me a letter saying they need further evaluation of me and have scheduled an appt with a psychologist...

Why a psychologist? Do they think im crazy or something? Have any of you been sent to one per social security?

Everything is really hard right now.. My cousin passed away this morning. Tryimg not to get all worked up as I know that will open the ms floodgates. My heart is very heavy and sad about this.

sorry yo are having a tough time, especially losing your cousin.
the c4 refers to your 4th cervical vertebrae, no sure hwat the t2 cells would be, unless they mean 2nd thoracic vertebrae. can u put exactly what the mri says?

also what are the symptoms you are dealing with?

Sorry you are going through all of this. Seeing a psychologist, doesn't mean one is crazy, nor thought of as crazy, sorry to read you take it like that.

I'm sure, it's typical Social security protocol.

Hi Aynadee.

T1 and T2 in MRI speak has to do with weight and relaxation time of protons. See here in frame #4: http://eradiology.bidmc.harvard.edu/...l/malhotra.pdf

ANN

So sorry for the loss of your dear Cousin, Ayna.
And for the carpy MRI reading. The only good thing I see is,
at least, you have received answers for your Illness and SSD is
Impressed.

It's not unusual for a Psych test. MS often gives us a little brain
fog and keeps us from doing our job well. You can sometimes
work from a wheel chair, but not if you cannot keep up with
the quick thought processes it takes to do a job well.

Good wishes and let us know how it is going for you.

thanks, that document is very helpful

So sorry to hear about your cousin. Saying some prayers for you and your family.

I had to go to a psychologist for my SS. They're testing your mental stability as well was cognition (at least that's what they did on mine). It's kind of like a mini neuropsych testing. I didn't pass all of the tests and some I did quite poorly on. It helps SS determine that you are unable to work. When I filed for SSDI, I found that a lot of the questions and such were actually geared towards people with injuries and/or psychological conditions. It didn't seem to apply to those that had an illness, chronic or terminal. They psychological testing really isn't that bad and will give you some insight as well.

That really sucks your "new" neuro is leaving the country for family reasons. I'm so sorry to hear this. You finally got in to one and now look what happened. I hope you find another one soon. Get a copy of all of your records, including your MRIs, and bring them to the new neuro.

Since you have some active lesions did they treat you with IVSM? I hope you start feeling better soon.

C4 lesion isn't good however, I "had" one right about there myself on my 1st for being diagnosed MRI. Copaxone made it go away. Wish my bod didn't adjust to Copaxone cause it got me going strong for 3 yrs.

Test (if you can feel your arms hands fingers) - slowly bow your head/neck down to chest. Notice tingling in hands fingers or arms as neck's bent? I didn't at first.

Hope you're doing good as can be with all you mentioned.

I had to go thru a psych test to get my ssdi. Its for your cog fog etc. Its no biggie. Just dont go in there dressed to the T with hair all perfect and all makeup on (sorry, dont you if your m/f). My psych dr looked at all that.

My neuro psych test was one of the best things for me and my SSD application. And it had a lot of weight as far as the final decision. He was able o tell from where the lesion was what kind of disability it would give me and the kind of cognition problems it would have and how that would deal with my job as an RN.