Follow up to latest MRIs

Almost like the proverbial buses, you wait ages for a blog and then two come along in short order.

Now that the ringing in my ears has finally faded away after the follow-up MRIs, it's time to write about the subsequent analysis with the latest neurologist to see me, this time at the Rosario Hospital (or to give it its real name, Hospital Nuestra Señora del Rosario).

When I was booked in at the same hospital to have the MRIs done, I was also booked in for an appointment with Dra Herrera who is meant to be Sanitas' number 1 DR for MS.

The new MRIs were also to include a different type of MRI, this one was a type of scan to determine if my MS symptoms (remember that MS is ordinarily diagnosed by exclusion, various different symptoms and test results combine to give the most probable cause) were caused because of a venal blockage in the veins draining the central nervous system.

Symptom 2 - Part 2: First trip to the Hospital

Following on from Symptom 2 - Part 1 blog, I arrived at the Ruber International Hospital on Thursday 1st March. This appointment had been made the same day by my DR.

I went up to the Neurology unit and within about 15 minutes, I was talking with one of the consultant neurologists who also had another DR doing some on the job training.

The DR started asking questions about my current symptoms (the numbness being only one one side of my face, neck and by now, upper shoulder.
He asked if it was also affecting my left ear - it wasn't, and then asked about any other hospital trips or symptoms.
Not being sure if it was related or not, I told him about the shadow in my peripheral vision that had already cleared up some 6 months earlier.
I could see he was zeroing in on a theory, but still I had to take my shirt off and cough whilst he listened to my chest and my breathing.

After a while, he excused himself and he and the trainee went out to consult amongst themselves.