Yeah, after two years of looking at my own MRIs, I'm finally beginning to see some of what the radiologist is talking about. I can pick out the obvious lesion in the cerebellum, because it's so large. I can also see the white matter involvement of the left ventricle. I can't find the punctate T2 lesions, and I keep looking.
My Dr. OTF needs that book!! Where can I find one??? (the MRI for dummies one)
LOLOL
Tammy
Yes, "MRI for Dummies" would be so nice - if only it could be simplified to the level of us humble laypersons (except for Dr. Quix).
There is a "MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS for Dummies" though! Have you read it? It's a really good resource.
db
"MRIs for Dummies" How funny is that? Yes, if it were only that easy.
This is very good advice.
Wanna
It is my recommendation that people do not try to read their own MRIs. I know that it is beguilingly attractive to do it. It's hard not to. But, even after a year of neuroanatomy in med school and a career of looking at MRIs in practice (after they had been read), I do not even attempt to read them. Bright things may be normal structures that are left over from previous slices, they may be blood vessels. You cannot learn to read an MRI from looking at examples online.
I'm afraid you're going to have to wait for the official reading. Sorry. There is no "MRIs for Dummies" book. I am saying this with all the gentleness and understanding I have.
Quix
CAN'T SAY.
MUCH DEPENDS ON THE SLICES OF THE BRAIN AND WITHOUT SEEING THE ACTUAL FILMS ITS REALLY HARD TO DESCRIBE.
ITS BEST TO WAIT ON THE RADIOLOGIST REPORT AS IN TO GET FALSE INFORMATIOM
ITS HARD WAITING,BUT ITS FOR THE BEST.
T-LYNN
bumping up. someone please respond