This or That?

My MRI showed "some narrowing" that "might be causing symptoms".

My rheumatologist would like to get me evaluated by a neurologist.

I'm not really surprised that it is not a herniated disk or something like that. If it were, the shooting pains would be a bit less wide-spread, more specific to the segments of the spine that were involved. I've gotten shooting pains in all fingers, not just 2/3 of them, all toes, arms, legs, torso, you name it.

I was still hoping for something more conclusive, though.

In the mean time, I learn that the Lyme ELISA was negative, but the western blot was positive. My follow up appointment isn't even until December 10th with that practice.

If you thought it was hard to find a good doctor when it comes to thyroid disease... nothing compared to this whole mess regarding Lyme disease.

There is a lot of controversy about this Lyme disease. I'm going to have to do some more reading.

MRI

I had trouble getting the MRI scan of my cervical spine; The first time I went in, the tech refused to run the MRI on account of the ear surgeries I'd had.

I was a bit peeved, but he was really in the right. My father had had ear surgery for the same problem, with the same doctor, and does actually have some metal in his head. All these years- I've missed out on the opportunity to joke about him receiving signals from aliens.

At any rate, my ear stapes-replacements, or whatever they might be called, are MRI compatible.

I went in for the MRI this morning. I'm pretty sure they intended to run some music, but they either forgot to turn it on, or the earphones were not working.

I'd hear some knocking, would I? How about car horns and machine gun fire.

It was not that bad though, once the first minute passed, and I become more certain that no bits of metal were going to come bursting out of me.

I await the results of the MRI with interest. Will this be another test that shows nothing, or, will something interesting be revealed?