karla r
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Well, blood tests came out fine. No lupus, lymes, mg, nor anything that shows up in blood work. So, had another complete MRI of spine, with and without the contrast this time. Absolutely nothing. With the MRI of the brain done in January, he has now also ruled out ms, and any sort of compression, or disk involvement. Today, he decided that the brain MRI needs repeating. As well, he wants to repeat the ultrasounds and echos and Doppler (?) of the arteries in my neck and my brain. All of those were done in January, when they thought it might be a stroke, but he wants his own done. Said since most other things have been ruled out, he wants to revisit possible stroke and or vascular problems. Said "a few strokes and some vascular problems could be causing these unexplained problems." At this point, I'm just kinda weary. I haven't objected to any tests so far, but, to repeat tests that were fine in January seems to me to be grasping at straws. Who has ever heard of the arteries in your neck going from 87 percent clear to blocked in less than a year? Plus, vasculitis was ruled out by the muscle biopsy in May. I know he's being thorough, but, jeese. Anyway, go back for these results Dec 14.