Hi guys! Thank you for reading my post. My name is Jess I'm a 27yr old female and basically I've been suffering from dizzyness, nausea, fatigue for as long as I could remember. My memory is very poor and it's gone from once having a really good memory of names and places to now not even being able to remember the details of a conversation I've had 5mins ago.I have really bad co-ordination not to mention difficulty focusing where my sight goes blurry for a while. I've had these symptoms on and off for years with flair ups. Recently (about a month ago) I had a Flair ups which brought on extreme vertigo. I could barely walk such was the fatigue. I went to the hospital and they did a CT (scan which came back okay) and they said that with the symptoms I should do a MRI. Meanwhile I was asked to dos some blood tests. (The blood tests came back okay). And because the blood tests were okay- I had to wait for the MRI. While I have been waiting for the MRI (we're talking weeks) the fatigue got worse. I couldn't even wash the dishes without getting winded and having to sit down because of dizzy spells and light headedness. The weakness in my legs and knees is such that i feel like i can't hold up my own body weight. Slight hearing loss in right ear.Since then my doctor have been fobbing me off. Telling me that i should just get on with it. Even though the fatigue is making each day a nightmare. I've had the MRI (on Friday) but I haven't heard back from anyone because I have to wait for my appointment in the next couple of weeks.Luckly I have an uncle who works at the hospital and he was able to get hold of a few images. I don't suppose there is anyone on here who can read them? Right now i'm so desperate for some sort of an answer. I just want to be healthy and I want to be normal. The whole thing has messed up my life to the point that it's barely existent. I'm tired of being unwell. I'm tired of not having a social life. Does the scans show any negative? I really appreaciate and thank those who took the time to answer my questions. Kind RegardsJess.http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/854/28ze.jpg/http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/90/3g8s.jpg/http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/801/0rsr.jpg/P.S SOrry for the image quality it was the best he could do under the situation.I know it's crazy to ask this here but I'm so desperate for answers I'm willing to try anything.
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There are no abnormalities in the three images you post. But this is only a very small fraction of all the images there are. When I look at MRI images, I scroll through the whole anatomical region that was examined. It sort of looks like a film starting at the bottom or the top, and then moves up and down or from side to side (a film were I can move back and forth as I will).But again, there are no abnormalities in the images you post, including changes suggesting abnormalities elsewhere.There is no way around waiting for the report, where all the images have been examined.
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- It takes a lot of specialized training to read an MRI. If you aren't having a good relationship with your doctor, find another doctor. You can have your medical records transferred. It is important to find a doctor that will listen to you.
- You can easily get them yourself from the hospital. your dr will get the final written report and go over it with you at your follow up.Your symptoms sound like meniere's disease..
- You only gave us three slices. An MRI has hundreds of slices in each direction.Last time one of my CTs showed bad news, the doctor was on the phone to me, the same day, fixing up the MRI for the day after. I got a call with the results in 24 hours.
- I had real odd ball symptoms for twenty years, got diagnosed with everything from depression to Marfan's syndrome...(of which, I have all but one of musculo-skeletal markers) Often the blood panels came back totally normal. Sometimes they came back totally whack-a-do.Sometimes the doctors would tell me "Well, we know there is something wrong, but we don't know what, and frankly, the treatments are worse than the condition, considering whatever you have is so mild at this time". So I know that frustration...They finally figured what "it" was a year and a half ago. They were right...the treatments, while not bad compared to what would happen (at *THIS* point, that would first mean going blind and then downhill from there) suck in comparison to how I felt years ago...If everything comes back negative...don't take that to be a bad thing....things can always get worse, and if it gets bad enough, they will be able to figure it out. I know that doesn't sound very re-assuring, but it is, if you think about it. Press on - and keep up the good fight. Good Luck
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