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04-20-2008, 10:39 PM | #1 | |||
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The Mayo clinic said I had a "significant amount of T1 hyperintensities" on the notes for the second visit. What the hell does significant mean? But on the notes for the first visit the doctor wrote the two MRIs done at home show "T2 hyperintense lesions with decreased T1 hypotensity and actually several black holes. There were more than nine lesions in periventricular, subcortical as well as around the corpus callosum that were in the right orientation location to suggest demyelinating disease. Several of these were enhancing in the initial MRI." Basically I'm confused. I think this line in another abstract scared me: "Hyperintense MS plaques on T1-weighted MR images are common and associated with brain atrophy, disability, and advancing disease; a hyperintense lesion may be a clinically relevant biomarker." Anyhow, Erin is probably right. I'm just torturing myself by doing all this reading. It just escalates the anxiety. I don't see the neuro for another month. |
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04-20-2008, 10:46 PM | #2 | |||
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I find words in MRI reports like "significant," "several," "multiple" and "many" to be highly vague and hardly illuminating.
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04-20-2008, 11:25 PM | #3 | |||
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Arent they cute? Guaranteed to take your mind off of serious stuff.
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04-21-2008, 12:01 AM | #4 | |||
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http://images.google.com/images?sour...=1&sa=N&tab=wi These are some big *** dogs!!! Look at the "Redneck Great Dane Puppy" -- pure white...so strange! Although he looks pretty big to be a puppy. |
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04-21-2008, 12:09 AM | #5 | |||
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I keep waffling back and forth on wanting another dog. I want one, but I think I have an allergy (my allergies all improved after Tiny died, and I had an allergic reaction when I tried to adopt a Yorkie 5 days after Tiny left us) Then there's the whole fatigue part of MS that's also holding me back on a new dog. My aunt's Pug just died last month, and she's considering getting a new one, and I'm kind of thinking of getting one from the same litter if we can find some. I miss my dog, and I miss my aunt's dog. (both our dogs were best friends in the world, they even died on the same date, 2yrs apart)
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04-21-2008, 12:29 AM | #6 | |||
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04-21-2008, 12:52 AM | #7 | |||
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04-21-2008, 02:46 AM | #8 | |||
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Does anyone know the dif between T2 and T1. My report talks about T2 signal intensity and the standard multiple, numerous... have to love the fact I have a 1cm, and 9mm one and smallers. I have heard no one say they had a 1cm one.
I see Beauty thinks T2 are new ones and unhealed. Does that mean I may not have had this as long as I think? I have no mention of a T1.
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04-21-2008, 05:19 PM | #9 | |||
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For right now, don't borrow trouble. Just cause "most" ppl have it, doesn't mean "you" will. When will you have another appt. Write down ALL questions. Like I said to someone else... demand answers. Be your own advocate, and be as informaed as possible. Bring up the articles you read, and tell them that you want answers. But, for now, DON'T borrow trouble, we have enough being spoon fed to us... Go out, enjoy the sun, read a good book. Listen to the birds!!! Connie
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04-21-2008, 05:25 PM | #10 | |||
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I am too much of an advocate -- I think I drove some of the doctors crazy. The college I teach at is part of a system with a medical school. So I have online access to thousands of medical journal articles through my library. I went on an MS research binge right after the diagnosis and practically made myself an obsessive compulsive. I knew so much that I think the most recent neuro was rather surprised -- but thought it was cool that I could have a more detailed conversation about treatment, symptoms etc. But I am at a point in my life where maybe I don't need any more info....I just need to stop worrying and take it day by day. |
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