Normal Study

I got my MRI results yesterday. My results are…. drum roll…. "normal study." This means that I don't have a brain tumor, or aneurism, or some other ungodly thing in there that I didn't know about. What I have is a normal brain (pretty much) and normal internal auditory canals. I'm glad and relieved that I don't have something yet worse (e.g., brain cancer) than what I think I have at the moment. However, I found myself slightly … deflated… disappointed that there isn't more information. Like, for instance, an answer as to exactly WHY am I so dizzy? Especially after the ordeal with the contrast. I had hoped that they would actually be able to see something like, hey, there's a lesion on your balance nerve, or there IS too much fluid in your semi-circular canals, or yeah, your labyrinth is all messed up. Something, something that would confirm or deny the theories before us. But no. When I spoke on the phone with the nurse, I was poised with my pen to write a whole bunch of notes. "It's normal study," she said. I wrote that down and waited. Nothing. "That's it." So I explained my view, and she seemed sort of miffed. "Well, are you still having vertigo now?" she asked. Sort of like, we saw you a week ago, aren't you better yet? And I said, "Yes, I had to take antivert this morning." She asked whether I went to my new vestibular therapist (yes), whether I stopped the dyazide (yes), and when my follow-up appt is with Dr. White. (Three months away, in November.) So, finally she said she would talk to the dr some more and call me. But clearly this threw her off her game. "Normal study," she felt, was enough.

 

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