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General Category => Inquiries => Topic started by: twinmama on December 16, 2015, 07:23:13 pm
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I had an MRI yesterday. I have a many of the symptoms for acoustic neuroma. I have no idea what I am looking at though! Does anyone have an idea?
(http://s17.postimg.org/pzf0eyqkv/image.jpg)
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Move pic to the right to see full pic
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Definitely not...
Doesn't mean you don't have one. But the MRI picture you have sent us is too high up in the skull.
Need slices lower down.
As for the other dots... Could be a blood vessel.
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I had an MRI yesterday. I have a many of the symptoms for acoustic neuroma. I have no idea what I am looking at though! Does anyone have an idea?
Take a look at this photo which is a cross section similar to yours and shows where ANs appear, either right or left of center.
(http://www.waent.org/archives/2010/Vol3-1/20090614-acoustic-neuroma/acoustic_neuroma_1.jpg)
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Here's mine for the record.....
http://s1175.photobucket.com/user/cyberwolf1/media/MRI2_zpsnwtyii3d.jpg.html
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That is just crazy huge! I'm glad to read you are doing well from the neck down ;)
Hilarious that when you go to the site with the picture, it gives you options to create a photo calendar, mouse pad, greeting cards, etc!
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Kristena,
Yeah, I just noticed that! I started the account on Photobucket only yesterday to be able to post that scan here.
To think I was going around with that thing in my head as long as I had. I kept going until I couldn't put one foot in front of the other; and I was was in great shape at the time, running 5 miles every day on trails through the woods and weight training.
I was also working as a musician, no less, gigging 5-6 times a week and driving all over the place every night. I was half-deaf and lightheaded with double vision that was convex at times with fatigue that was like a deathly malaise. I kept getting pulled over for swerving and marked lanes violations but never received a ticket. One night I actually passed out behind the wheel, ending up broadsiding a snow bank on the opposite side of the road. Luckily, no one was coming the other way.
When I complained about it people would tell me it was "all in my head"! Toward the end my equilibrium collapsed entirely.
It was so bad I had to crawl up stairs on my hands and knees. When I tried to jog I'd fall flat on my face when I came to a stop or if running down an incline. I couldn't walk on any surface that was uneven; I'd stumble and fall like a listless bag of rocks.
At the end I had come to the conclusion on my own that I either had M.S. or a brain tumor.
It was quite an experience!
It was quite an experience!
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In all seriousness, I didn't mean to make light of your situation, and I sincerely hope you are doing well!