MRI Images, Nerve Weirdness During MRI.

[Aquarianisces]

Here are a few of the images from the MRI that concerned me.  I am thinking about taking my netbook (mini laptop) to the doctor's follow up and sharing these with him and asking him what they are.  

He's a nice doctor, but I've had so many bad experiences this past year that I still feel weird bringing these up.  Still, I have multiple images like the one on the upper right where there is a black patch where I am assuming there should be brain tissue??  Additionally there are lit up spots on other images that I did not included here.  

If anyone has any opinions I'd appreciate it.

A few days before, during and after the MRI I was having a horrible experience with my right leg in which the knee and down to the calf and up the thigh a little had a weird shooting pain explosion feeling that almost felt good (hard to describe).  I was having trouble walking and putting weight on it and kept getting that sensation.  During the MRI my right leg buckled and twitched and the knee flexed and moved.  The tech said the MRI was causing nerve conduction.  It also did that in my shoulder.  My dad has had an MRI at the same place twice a year for ten years (for a brain condition) and he has never had that nerve activity.  So am I just weird??

Thanks for checking this out.

[Quixotic1]

Hi, I'm pretty sure the black "hole" is the tip of the ventricle on that side.  It would be black because it is filled with fluid.  So, it (that black spot) looks normal to me.  I do not believe we should try to figure out our MRIs unless we are pretty well trained - and I'm not.  I was just curious about something that dark.

Often when they do the MRI are heads are not perfectly straight so each side is not exactly like the other.  You can see this in all of the images you showed us.

Have fun!

Quix

[Aquarianisces]

Thanks!  Yeah I don't really think anyone should read their own stuff.  :)  I am just wondering if they don't find anything if I should bring up that dark area, etc.  I am concerned about mini-strokes, migraines, etc no matter what the rest of my symptoms are.

[Lulu54]

from our own health page on WWW resources ----

MRI’s AND OTHER PHYSICAL TESTS USED FOR DIAGNOSING MS

My new all time favorite MRI explanation for MS is at
http://www.radiologyassistant.nl/en/4556dea65db62#p4594f74ccbf19
This site in the Netherlands explains in words with accompanying pictures many of the MS mimics as well. Thanks to Jensequitir for finding this site!


www.scribd.com/doc/8817608/MRI-Atlas-of-MS-Lesions

A great find from PatH - lots of images of MS lesions along with thorough explanations of what you are seeing in eachMRI photo.



The Summer 2008 issue of MSPerspectives has an excellent illustrated article on MRI’s, including shots of lesions with full explanations. This really helped me to understand what I was seeing on my own films. (It is the issue with the man holding the baby in the air of the cover, if that helps!)
www.msperspectives.com
(Lulu)



Maybe one of these sites will help you with your pics.  We try not to read other's MRI films because none of us are truly schooled in the science.  These radiologists study this field for a long, long time to learn their craft and the nuances of lesions.  

my best,
Lulu

[Aquarianisces]

Oh.  I've found some good sites with typical MRI's and abnormal ones and some of mine look very typical while others look abnormal or have some of the light spots.

I compared them on this site:
http://rad.usuhs.edu/medpix/medpix.html?mode=my_medpix#top

[Aquarianisces]

Thanks. Don't be sorry if stuff looks normal. :)  That black spot is just really weird.  

[jensequitur]

I've had similar problems in my back  - it's a weird building sensation that ends in a flexing of the spine.  My doctor calls it myoclonus, but everything I've read about myoclonus doesn't mention the odd sensations.  I've also gotten it in my legs, but without the odd building sensation.

I do get myoclonus in my legs, especially in the morning.  They'll start jitttering back and forth as I try to get out of bed - I have to stop and relax my legs or they'll keep going.

The only spot I see that looks suspicious is the black hole in the upper left quadrant of MRIs you've included.  Everything else looks pretty normal, sorry to say!

There are lots of sites that talk about typical MRI results as opposed to classic MS signs, and they have pictures - unfortunately all my bookmarks have been deleted, so I don't have access to them.  Maybe somebody else will weigh in!

[Aquarianisces]

I understand.  Usually my mind is so foggy I can barely play a video game!

The current leg episode lasted about 4 days.

In the past I have had similiar leg episodes last up to a week.

Painkillers don't help and I tend to shy away from drugs in general.  At least for now.  

Typically I have something weird happen and it lasts days or up to weeks, then goes away, then some time passes and something else crops up.

So far this year:

3 weeks of vertigo, then fine.

2 weeks or so of blurry vision and spots, then fine.

3 weeks of seeing flashing lights, then mostly fine but some weird colors off and on since then.

Random days of leg problems, hand problems including tingling, loss of sensation, numbness, difficulty using them, etc.

Finally, the most irritating thing is that I will get a week or more of my hands feeling stiff and really tight, and the sensation is that I am wearing tight gloves.

[Candyland0103]

Pariphial neuropathy, adrenal issues, and morgellons may be places to search for answers. Any skin issues?

[borntolose102]

I refrained from looking at the images because I can barely spell my name so I am not going to even go there! As for the twitching during the MRI, I have ever heard that in my life. That is crazy. How long do your symptoms last for? Do they go away within a day? Any signs of relief when taking something? Sorry for the questions but they will help the group...well at least me since I am slow..take care and good luck to you...

[Aquarianisces]

I am also wondering if twitching during the MRI is normal?

[Aquarianisces]

Meant to put upper left, not upper right for the image with the patches.  Those patches occur on successive images and then disappear as it goes deeper into the brain.