MRI Results

MRI Results

9-22-11

Last night, I went in to get an MRI. I was scared of what would come back on it, and it seems as if I had every right to be.
When your doctor calls you back the day after a test and says she got the test results a half an hour before and thought that you should know something, you know that the results are never good. Well, they weren’t. I have what appears to be two MS lesions on my brain between the two hemispheres of my brain where they communicate with each other. It would explain some of the memory loss and cognitive difficulties that I have been having, to be sure.
So, I get the dubious joy of now getting my back stuck with a motherfucking needle again so that they can measure the proteins in my spinal fluid as well as a blood draw to see what is going on with the proteins in my blood. This is supposed to do something to tell them about the possible MS or whatever. I am unsure, which is why I am in the car on the way to my neurologists office to get my blood test orders and some more information.
For whatever reason, I have been unable to process information over the phone. I need some sort of visual input for it to stick properly in my memory. This has been kind of bad since I have been having some issues with my vision.
I am not okay. I am not sure if I will be okay. I will take one day at a time and work to get through this. For the moment, though, the good news is I am allowed to take percoset with the topamax.