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Hi Jeanette, Check out www.pallidotomy.com for excellent background information on PD Bob Garrick ---------- >From: Leo Fuhr <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: newbie-ness and MRI >Date: Thu, Dec 9, 1999, 2:15 PM > > Paul Lauer said in part: > > A few months ago I had an appointment with Dr. Stanley Fahn. When I was > setting it up, his secretary asked that my regular Neuro forward all > records > including any MRI's of the brain (note: she asked for MRI not CAT Scan). I > didn't have such so I asked my Neuro to schedule one. He did and when the > results came back, he told me it was normal which took me aback to say the > least and gave me a momentary flush of joy. I asked him if that meant I > didn't have Parkinson's. He said that it meant I did, since the MRI is > taken > to rule out other possibilities rather than to rule in Parkinson's. > > To which I reply: > That is basically what my diagnosing neurologist said to me. The MRI > showed I did NOT have a tumor or evidence of a stroke and having ruled out > those two possibilities, he thought I might have Parkinson's disease even > though at age 47 you are too young. > > That was when I let out my breath, figuring not a brain tumor or not a > stroke should be good news. It wasn't until later after reading about the > progression of pd and that there is no cure that I began to worry about > havind pd. > > Jeanette Fuhr 49/47/44? >