Hi all,

Just wondering if this is something I should be upset about. The neuro's NP called me earlier this week and told me that my MRI was stable with no changes.

Finally opened the copy of the MRI report I got in the mail yesterday. Yea, the brain is stable - but the leisons in the spine look like they are getting bigger and there may be a new one!! I've reread it twice, cuz I was like "what???"

Maybe it was a case of not reading the whole report or maybe it's cuz they really can't do anything about the spine - I don't know. I just know what my gut reaction to this was since they never had a contradiction to what the report said before.

Thanks for letting me vent a little.

well its either ignorance or mistake on who's file she was reading, You are going to call neuro in the morn right, this helps explain some things, I know its a weird double edged sword find lesions it explains my problems find no lesions and back to a state of limbo for answers to whats been bugging you or why its been bugging you. To answer your question yeah i can see being a bit tiffed about this, I would be, hang in there Fin

Makes me wonder whose report they were reading to you! Been known to happen. I would call the office and ask about it.

Thanks guys. I'll give a call to the neuro's office tomorrow to be sure.

I was thinking that it also might have been a neuro vs. radiologist perspective thing too. Been known to happen before where they didn't always agree on what was on there.

most of the time your MD will get a phone, or email/fax report from the prelimb saying stable, or no obvious changes pretty quickly. then about a week later a radiologist will comb over it and compare it to the last or last several MRI's then they get into the finer points of lesion vs lesion.

Maybe your MD didnt have that full report in front of him at the time, and just wanted you to have the update of stable that he got.

hope that helps. I would still call and discuss it.

Just called the office. My neuro combed over my films and comparisons, and couldn't find this new leison that the radiologist was talking about.

LOL, I guess what I thought once I took a breath was right. The reason it didn't match up was 'cuz the neuro disagreed. According to the assistant I like (so glad it was her on the phone), he was in there awhile trying to find it.

LOL, she wasn't surprised that I called either. She had a feeling if I got a copy I'd be calling and she doesn't blame me for checking up.