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---------- From: Merlin H Brown <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: newbie-ness and MRI Date: Thursday, December 09, 1999 9:53 PM i had a similar experience. after being told by a neuro, after a 15 minute exam, that i had PD,i was given a prescription for sinemet and told to come back in 6 months. my wife and i decided on a 2nd opinion. that neuro told me i probably had PD, but that a series of tests,including an mri had to be performed. this was to eliminate illnesses such as brain tumors and Huntington disease. by the time we were through, my wife and i were thrilled that i only had PD murph brown 57/9 On Thu, 9 Dec 1999 16:15:09 -0600 Leo Fuhr <[log in to unmask]> writes: > 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?