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Good then.
A pituitary MRI does get a good look at the brain anyway, FYI
Make sure that drink a lot of water to flush the gadolinium (spell checker where art thou?) out of your system quickly!
Let me know how the MRI comes out.
xxHorsey
they;d look at the full brain
but the script only said pituitary mri...he did more than the pituitary. they also told me on phone they'd look t the brain
they are going to follow the script-ltr
not what you ask
i just got back from my mri, and my script was for a pituitary mri, but id prefer my whole brain to be rechecked also obbviously...since you never know
i asked the guy after the mri if he had done a full brain mri or just the pituitary...and he said ''i got a good portion of the brain;;
i don't understand why he did a lot of the brain but not all of it?
The side effects listed are: headaches, nausea, light headedness, and a decrease in blood pressure which are temporary. Then if you are allergic you can get sweating, skin rashes, itching and hives if it is mild or if is it not mild then irritation of the blood vessels and blood clots (those could be fatal).
They recently issued new guidelines - if you noticed they always ask about kidney testing and some places run a quick kidney test. That test is for "nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) is what comes to mind. NSF is a fatal syndrome that results in the fibrosis of soft and connective tissue. This includes the joints, skin and internal organs. The most noticeable effect is that the skin will tighten and harden and the joints will stiffen up, making it harder and more painful to stretch and move parts of the body. It is much easier to develop in patients with a history of renal (kidney) disease and failure."
If you have healthy kidney function you should be fine - but they tell you to drink after the scan to flush and they really want you to do so. How are your kidney tests?
meant i tolerate the galadioum
hey, im doing ok in that aspect for now...but today my appetite actually wasn't great lol...but headaches nose bleeds etc, and tiredness are still there.
i usually get very strong in june/july lol.
i seem to tolerate the alasiom well, just can't remember if it has had an effect on appetite/ muscle...i'm prob just getting anxiety cause im actually doing well in the gym
Good to hear that you are doing well. If so, then why are you having an MRI again?
I don't know of a connection between the the contrast agent and appetite. But I've heard of folks having allergies and things like that to the contrast agents. They are probably not something that we want to expose our bodies too, if we can prevent it, I think. But then I would rather know about a pituitary tumor and take the chance myself.
I guess one thing to think about might be: did you have any issue with your appetite before your very first MRI? If you did have issues with your appetite before your very first MRI then it is probably not connected?
Horsey