Background:
For the last 19 years I have had symptoms of dizziness (most recently on me spinning but in years past it was the room spinning) weakness, difficulty walking, numbness/tingling in arms, hands, fingers, legs, feet, toes, right side of face/head, ear pain, ringing, hearing loss, nausea, vomiting, double vision, blurry vision, black spots in vision when looking down, headaches, migraines, tremors in my arm, leg and neck, and seizures. I have difficulty starting/finishing urination and constipation. I have had a mild stroke which was diagnosed 9 months after it happened even though I was hospitalized right after. I have had a schwanoma removed from my Thoracic spine, carpal tunnel surgery on my right wrist. I have many herniated discs and degenerated discs in my cervical and thoracic and lumbar spine as well as osteoarthritis and blood work shows low level rheumatoid arthritis. I have had DVT's in both legs (from Factor V Leiden) along with lymphedema in both legs and type 2 diabetes. I also have high blood pressure but good cholesterol, asthma, and polycystic ovary syndrome. I have been tested for MS but was told while I had it clinically until it showed in lab tests it would never be diagnosed. Since then I have been told it was muscular skeletal, fibromyalgia, or depression and possibly some Meniere's disease. Now it is just being called skeletal in nature.
I have had multiple brain MRI's and CT's only to be told it is normal. Recently I obtained CD's to view the scan myself and can clearly see what look like black holes on more than one sequence as well as what look like hyper- intensities . The radiologist has read them as normal. My neurologist and primary care physician keep saying they don't have anymore ideas and don't look at the MRI I just had because the report says everything is normal. It was done to rule out a stroke. My symptoms over the years have been cyclical in nature with different symptoms coming in different cycles. This latest cycle has lasted for 7 months with good days (only a few symptoms) and bad days (many symptoms).
Question:
How do I convince my doctor to look at the MRI with me so I can point out what I see? My next appointment with my neurologist is 4 months away and my pcp is 1 month. This is their next available appointment for both of them.
Thanks for reading my long winded background to my question!