Well keep in mind I am not a dr...nor do I pretend to be...so I would relax and enjoy the holidays as best u can.
I know how frustrating this all is....trust me...I really do.
Thanks, and u and ur family too...I pray u have a wonderful Christmas : )
"selma"
Hi Selmas,
I don't have a follow up appointment, he said he'd be in touch! I just wish I could explain why things are going on like this if everything appears fine.....I wonder why it said extensive post operative changes, was that just a Captain Obvious statement (as I call them) lol? I agree this is positive news but now I'll get the dreaded look like how pathedic am I because they don't see my issues on the tests.....When I was 20 (13 years ago) I had a rheumatologist literally tell me all my problems were in my head....only to learn years later, his statement was more than true but he didn't mean it that way....Now I'm scared for life over a doctor and getting diagnostic results!!!! Here's hoping all will be ok!!
Hope you have good holidays!
Hi..well I am not an expert and out of context of the entire report it may lose meaning...but what I do understand this to say is there may be some interference from ur plates and screws in the MRI's that is what is referenced in the [extensive susceptibility artifact]....many times they have no idea y there appears to be an artifact, but with urs they do.
As to the flow voids...not sure how this person writes or what was b4 this...but I can not offer comment on that...except that it sounds normal....otherwise, it would also be noted in the impressions.
And as far as that goes, it is positive....no compression of the spine or a syrinx...which is good.
As I have mentioned many times b4, these reports r opinions...and being that, they r subject to the opinion of ur NS...whom makes the final determination, unless u do not agree and seek yet another opinion.
Many times a radiologist will make small notations on the report, such as about the lymph nodes that appear to be with in normal range...but he felt compelled to mentioned that is who this radiologist is...another one may not have as they r only to report on what they were asked to look at,....if it was for a syrinx...then that could be y that is the only thing in the impression....
I have an old report and it mentions my tethered cord...it is not in the impression, and was never mentioned to me...had the radiologist not felt compelled to list it, I would not have known until I went to my NS for CM.....
From what I can gather from the info u provided it appears to be good info....
When do u see the dr?
"selma"