Impression: 1. Stable nonspecific white matter disease. 2. There is no evidence of abnormal enhancement to suggest metastatic disease.

I saw my neurologist today. He said there is nothing wrong with my nervous system so there was nothing he could do for me. He was ready to send me on my way. I asked him if I was just supposed to live with my symptoms which currently are imbalance, various tingling body parts, fatigue and no appetite. He then offered to refer me to UCSF. So that is my next step.

Please let us know how that goes, Blancaboo.

Hi Blancaboo,

I don't quite understand, I guess. The neurologist said "there is nothing wrong" with your nervous system, and yet the MRI shows "stable nonspecific white matter disease." That's "disease" they're talking about. The second part of the MRI impression just means that you probably don't have a metastatic cancer.

--Which is good news, of course, but the part about "white matter disease" is something you could ask about, maybe along the lines of: "Since you say there's nothing wrong with my nervous system, what does the MRI report mean when it mentions 'stable nonspecific white matter disease'?"

This seems like a reasonable question to me.

Good luck in your search for answers. Many here have been down the road you're traveling.

As a Special Ed Teacher I'm bursting to address this. Many of my students had secondary diagnosed problems like Neurological Impairment. learning Disabilities, Hyperactivity, etc. MRI can't see everything, provides only"Hard" (white matter, lesions, cysts, tumors,deviations, etc.) information, so look at problems, etc. and devise solution or strategies for coping with those. Work with your Neurologist. Be informed, you are you own best advocate. This is my thought and opinion