MRI results
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Quick question, i have recently had an mri which according to my neurologist said there was no indication of any issue to be associated with my symptoms however would do a second scan to confirm. I have this morning had a letter of appointment to see the consultant again. Would this suggest that their is in fact some thing that has flagged up on my mri. I am thinking if there wasn't Andy issue my results would just be sent to my GP to let me no all is clear
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derek76 leigh2803
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There is no way of knowing why he wants to see you again.. My neurologist said that I needed to see a neurosurgeon. The neuro surgeon then said that there was nothing there for his knife and I should see a specialist neurologist. Two years later I am no better or farther forward.
leigh2803 derek76
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Hi Derek through the nhs. When he first seen me he was annoyed that I was sent to him self as he said there was nothing in my mri that would point me in his direction. So after a second mri I'm surprised to be going back to see him. I'm assuming if it was clear he wouldn't waste an appointment just to tell me that and it would be my GP. I am hoping he has found some thing to explain my thoracic symptoms
derek76 leigh2803
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I would have thought that the first MRI scan would have shown anything without needing a second one.
donna76140 leigh2803
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sarah41956 leigh2803
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I have the same problem where my MRI was clear and the consultant did not want to know even know i had xray said i had fracture in my back but baring in mind before i got to see the consultant i had done 4 months of physio but i rang his secetary and told still in pain because my GP had done nothing you have to keep on out that them even know i think comes down to money i bought treadmill and do the exercises and lost weight so they can not throw that at me i have constant ache in my leg right down to my feet my feet always cold and i have electric shocks going through my feet and i can not move my toes and even my my little toe is gone right under and the nail is black still no one is interested and now going send me for nerve test and EP which Evoked Potential to see if i have MS which i do not think i have know but do think something wrong and i am going to fight after if they don't find nothing but who knows let wait and see but do not give up please fight if you have pain they duty of care don't let fob you off.
derek76 sarah41956
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What caused the fracture? My wife was getting nowhere with MSK so she paid for an MRI scan It showed that all of her disks are degenerative/dehydrated and with other problems and that she has two fractured vertebrae that are caused by osteoporosis. Two years ago our GP had referred her for bone density tests and after many months she was told that you cannot have them if you are 80.
She is now told it is an 18 week for an appointment with an MSK consultant.
sarah41956 derek76
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I'm 50 years old and i have Osteoporosis and been have bone density because for years i used to smoke and gave 6 years ago after my father died and i have not looked back but when fractured my back i fell i stood up to quick had rush to the head and that when i fractured i kept go MSK then asked to rhumetolgist because getting nowhere but my mum had the same at 80 yrs old what help was Chiropractor who give her some treatment with the needles which give her relieve i would go back to and see your G.P and ask for second opinion if i was her don't let them fob you off.
sarah41956 derek76
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gillian24263 derek76
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derek76 Wow! 18 week wait! No wonder I have heard nothing from ours in West Dorset ( Wessex WSK Triage Team). Ten weeks of severe sciatic pain so far, managed to get to see the GP after 5 weeks. He diagnosed L4 bulging disc. Since then, after another visit to him for better pain killers and a referral to Wessex WSK I have heard nothing. He sent the email in front of me ( hopping from one foot to the other as I cannot sit down ) and marked it as urgent. In the end, due to pain , I had to go private so consultant, MRI ( showing L3/L4 bulging disc ) then consultant again all in 4 hours. Following week had an caudal epidural but 6 days later it has not worked. We are due to go on 3 generation family holiday of a lifetime to Lapland in 4 weeks and I don't know how, as I cannot sit down on the plane, as well as all the pain anyway.. 😦
derek76 gillian24263
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The whole system is a mess. My wife just got an appointment offer to see the consultant on December 6th. She was given the choice of seeing him at the MSK clinic or at the hospital which since MSK got the contract has not happened.
He is actually the one we went to see privately last year who I then and again this year was told that he only consulted privately or at an MSK location over two hours away by bus. Her doctor had written to his NHS secretary some time ago and did not get a reply.
laura96939 leigh2803
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Did you see Neuro again ? Hope they could finally pinpoint the cause of your pain. I know this is an exhausting rollercoater within the NHS.
leigh2803 laura96939
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Hi Laura. Thanks goes the message.
Yes I have recently seen my consultant. I have slight degeneration in my lumbar and my l5s1 touching a nerve route ever so slight but nothing to give me my symptoms.
He now thinks I have fibromyalgia which i had never heard of. I am now awaiting a rheumatology appointment and yes it is a roller coaster haha