When you have to have an MRI, why not post and let us know? I always felt better knowing my friends were thinking of me while I had to do some nasty test. You may be surprised how nice a few cyber hugs can feel when you're afraid.



And hey, on Wednesday please join us on the Limbo Check in thread, okay? There are probably a lot of limbolanders hanging around this forum, we get together and keep each other up to date with what tests and stuff we're having.

I guess I spoke to soon when I said I was not haveing any weird symptoms. Has anyone ever had an aura, like a migrain aura? It starts out really small like a megapixel. Then is grows in an arch shape flashing colors in a triangle pattern. This has only happend to me about 5 times over the last 10 years. I never get a headach and it useually lasts about 1/2 hour. I have no idea if this is something that happens to people with MS. I should point out that one of the reasons for leasions (once again) was migrain disorder. Any thoughts on this?

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Originally Posted by cat265 I guess I spoke to soon when I said I was not haveing any weird symptoms. Has anyone ever had an aura, like a migrain aura? It starts out really small like a megapixel. Then is grows in an arch shape flashing colors in a triangle pattern. This has only happend to me about 5 times over the last 10 years. I never get a headach and it useually lasts about 1/2 hour. I have no idea if this is something that happens to people with MS. I should point out that one of the reasons for leasions (once again) was migrain disorder. Any thoughts on this?

Hi Cat, and welcome.

Yes, migraines can cause lesions in the brain. Sometimes they cannot tell whether lesions are from MS or other causes such as migraine, tiny strokes due to high blood pressure or cholesterol, or what the heck. I believe that normal perivascular spaces can also look like lesions, anyway that's what my neuro told me.

If they see lesions in a certain shape/size or in certain places in the brain, they are more recognizable as MS lesions.

I have "small scattered" lesions that are "nonspecific," in other words they could be MS--but they could ALSO very well be due to migraine or other causes. I remain undiagnosed after 9 years of (relatively mild) symptoms and have not been followed since 2003.

The visual migraine you describe is common--I had three of them over about six months when I hit perimenopause full blast (before then I didn't even know I was a migraineur!). They are not related to MS.

Migraine does NOT have to involve a headache--I never got headaches with my visual auras, though my whole family does (mother, sister, one or two of my brothers, and both of my children!).

Good luck with everything!

Nancy T.