MRI for my Partner

[stormdog]

Miriam finally got an MRI done after waiting for I forget how many months. She (and I) have been hoping for information that will provide a diagnosis. Whatever is going on with her, we'd really like to know what it is.

But while the results show abnormalities, they could be related to a vast number of different things. Maybe along with other symptoms they will point to something solid. The results were only posted to her health record last night around 1 AM, so she's hoping for a call from the neurologist today. If not, she will likely call tomorrow morning.

The relevant portion of the report:

Few T2 and FLAIR hyperintense foci are less than centimeter in size and scattered in random distribution in subcortical and deep white matter of frontoparietal lobes, likely mild arteriosclerotic leukoencephalopathy.

She is anxious. I am too.

Comments

[sabotabby]

I don't blame either of you—that sounds scary. I hope it's something fixable.

[stormdog]

Thanks; I hope so too. A friend of hers with some medical knowledge says that's it's possibly a result of chronic or intermittent high blood pressure, but friend is not a doctor and interpreting these things is highly specialized.