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3052618 tn?1344105035

mri frustration rant

I've had about 3 MRIs of my head and neck, that have came back with a 7mm Chiari malformation. (One said 6.5 on one side and 7mm on the other). That being said I go to a NS who orders a cervical MRI and a standing MRI. He ordered a standing MRI because my cervical MRI came back with no Chiari shown (even though my NS could see it). So he ordered a stand up MRI, today I had them FAX me the results of that MRI and read, "no tonsillar ectopia to suggest Chiari I. No MR abnormality identified." -_- I looked at the disc and can see it, (well this whole disc is a bunch of blurry images I'm starting to wonder how they seen anything. Apparently the quality of a stand up MRI differs.)  I'm going to upload a few of the pics.. Could anyone look at them and give me your input please. (BTW this is the stand up MRI pics, as I don't have my other discs with me currently.)
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3052618 tn?1344105035
I found a pic of a previous MRI.. not a very good one (its the.one with the red circle) but only question I have too other than my previous question. Does my brain stem look more bent in the stand up MRI compared.to the one with the red circle?
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3052618 tn?1344105035
Okay I uploaded 2 of them. It's all I have on my phone right now.
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3052618 tn?1344105035
Oh.. well I posted the MRI pic to this post.. guess it didn't work :(. Give me one second I will upload my stand up MRI PICS to where the xrays are
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620923 tn?1452915648
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  Hi, the  only pics I saw were xrays not MRI's and I am not good with those...not that I am a wiz with MRI's I just can recognize a bit more with with the MRI ......

All I can ask if the Drs that r reviewing these r chiari specialists....that is how u need to help guide u.....

Wish I could help u more.
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3052618 tn?1344105035
And for some reason my phone published that twice. Sorry :(
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