Monday, November 13, 2006

Brain Update

My doctor called me on Saturday. Yes, he called me on the weekend so I knew it wasn't "an all clear" call. He said the doctor that reads the MRI discovered what may be a little abnormal magnetic resonance and they would like me to have a Contrast MRI done to see if it is anything. I liked how my doctor put it. "We're not sure what it is at this time and we're obligated to follow up with it." Let's just hope my insurance company agrees with the proactive approach.

4 comments:

Deborah Boschert said...

Hmmm. This is probably news that is keeping you up at night. I'm sorry. Don't you hate it when people say ridiculous stuff like, "well, there's nothing you can do about it right now, so just don't worry." I'm sending you a cyber {{{{hug}}}} and I am usually not the cyber hug type... but I think you need it! Take care of yourself.

Deb R said...

Ugh, what a worrisome sort of call to get. I hope you can get a follow-up done soon and that it turns out to be nothing serious.

The Edward said...

Wow, I'm sorry to hear about this. I hope you are able to get the Contrast MRI done so it can put your mind at ease. Did he say what it might be, so you know how serious it is? Does he think it might be the cause of the problem you sought his help for in the first place, or are you still searching for the cause of that as well? I hope there is some way that he can tell you that it really is nothing. How do you feel about all of this?

Samantha said...

Basically he just said there is a little something they have a question about and they are obligated to follow up to see if it is an issue or not.

I'm not really worried at this point, I don't have enough info and I've been having these types of headaches since high school.

Basically I'm not allowing myself to go into a tailspin because I don't have a clue what it could be (they don't either so no help on the serious factor from them) and really, I'm all about worrying about the things I can affect. Been working on this for several years now and since I've not been reduced to a gibbering fool by the possibilities by now, I think I'm getting the hang of it. That's not to say there may be a small compartment somewhere that's in total worrywart and panic mode, but it's not coming out in dreams or Freudian slips at this time.

Just really bad PMS right now...