MRI's
Deborah Capen (dcapen(AT)ivic.net)
Mon, 6 Oct 1997 09:12:43 -0700
When I was hospitalized, I had an MRI, which came up with nothing. The
doctor ordered another MRI, then right after that, before even getting put
back in my bed, I was called down for a third one, called an ENHANCED MRI,
where they put a dye into your system. It was that third MRI that showed up
a very small "smudge" at the L-2 level. The doctors even waited over the
weekend until Monday, when they could show the film to the University
doctors, before speculating what that "smudge" was. They said it could be a
"ghost"(just a smudge on the film), a tumor, or a TM lesion. It was that
hard to detect. But they had already begun steroid treatments on me,
avoiding any delays, in case it was TM, which they finally did determine that
it was.
Debbie
dcapen(AT)ivic.net