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Quixotic1 from tragdysangel
by tragdysangel, Oct 08, 2007 04:57PM
How do I find a Doctor that will help me and not be like the Doctor I have now. Is it so hard for them to actually want to help ? I am VERY THANKFUL for all of your help, THANKS SO MUCH!!
They have not even mentioned any test about Visual Evoked Response or the Somato Sensory Evoked Potential test I have had EMG test and what I could take was 1 or 2 needles was ok but I could'nt take the pain , so they stopped it.
The MRI of my cervical spine was normal , But I have just had surgery on my neck at C 5 -6-& 7 and bone grafts and plates and screws,placed and now my C2 is showing signs of narrowing , It has not been 7 months since surgery.
Thegray white interfaceis farily well maintained throughout.A small area of increased intensity as seen in the white matter of the left temporal lobe on FLAIR and to a lesser extent on the T2 images.
They have not even mentioned any test about Visual Evoked Response or the Somato Sensory Evoked Potential test I have had EMG test and what I could take was 1 or 2 needles was ok but I could'nt take the pain , so they stopped it.
The MRI of my cervical spine was normal , But I have just had surgery on my neck at C 5 -6-& 7 and bone grafts and plates and screws,placed and now my C2 is showing signs of narrowing , It has not been 7 months since surgery.
Thegray white interfaceis farily well maintained throughout.A small area of increased intensity as seen in the white matter of the left temporal lobe on FLAIR and to a lesser extent on the T2 images.
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The MRI does have a small area of increased signal in the white matter. This makes it difficult to call as to what the cause is. Because of the damage and the surgery in your neck, symptoms of pain and numbness will be hard to assess. One way might be to have a SSEP done (it doesn't use deep needles, just electrodes) to see if the source of the problem can be located to the brain. A VEP is the most common evoked potential to be abnormal in MS. In fact the VEP is the only EP allowed by the McDonald Criteria to be used in place of an MRI lesion.
I wish you the best of luck. Quix