Got the report
28 September 2007 18:31![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
maystoneNo tumor or lesions suggesting a stroke. How fucked up is it that I'm a bit disappointed? That's how anxious I am to get a diagnosis. OK, so I wasn't hoping for a tumor or a stroke; I just wanted something that would leap off the page and say "This is it! Here's your answer." And now that I've had the information for a couple of hours I can admit that the report does have value for what it can rule out thereby narrowing the avenues of investigation.
The only thing of note in the brain scan is that there is a "very mildly reduced perfusion involving the right posterior parietal region." In English that means that the blood flow to that portion of my brain is mildly impaired. I don't know, maybe it will add something to the overall picture. I believe that's the part of the brain responsible for language, and if so then there has to be some connection to the difficulty I have sometimes now. Today has just been nuts, btw. I'm OK speaking for the most part, but typing has been unusually troublesome. I'm mixing words and getting the sentence order all screwed up. I've read on various boards and communities that stuff like this happens so I'm not shocked or worried, but I gotta tell you that it makes typing a real adventure.
To completely change the subject, I went cat food shopping while I was out. (God only knows what I bought *g*) Along the way I spied some kitty toys on sale: 3 cloth mice for just $2. Three mice, three kittens - poifect! I gotta say, that was the best two dollars I've ever spent. The kittens loved them! Like craziness ensued. It was absolutely adorable, and unfortunately the action was happening so fast that I couldn't get a picture of any of it. I did get to stand there and laugh for a while, though, and that was priceless.
OK, off I go to do some more research. And for those keeping track, the actual brain scan was a TC-99m HMPAO SPECT. I actually know what all that stands for, too. If nothing else, by the time this is done I can probably submit a script to ER or House. Go, illness of unknown origin!
The only thing of note in the brain scan is that there is a "very mildly reduced perfusion involving the right posterior parietal region." In English that means that the blood flow to that portion of my brain is mildly impaired. I don't know, maybe it will add something to the overall picture. I believe that's the part of the brain responsible for language, and if so then there has to be some connection to the difficulty I have sometimes now. Today has just been nuts, btw. I'm OK speaking for the most part, but typing has been unusually troublesome. I'm mixing words and getting the sentence order all screwed up. I've read on various boards and communities that stuff like this happens so I'm not shocked or worried, but I gotta tell you that it makes typing a real adventure.
To completely change the subject, I went cat food shopping while I was out. (God only knows what I bought *g*) Along the way I spied some kitty toys on sale: 3 cloth mice for just $2. Three mice, three kittens - poifect! I gotta say, that was the best two dollars I've ever spent. The kittens loved them! Like craziness ensued. It was absolutely adorable, and unfortunately the action was happening so fast that I couldn't get a picture of any of it. I did get to stand there and laugh for a while, though, and that was priceless.
OK, off I go to do some more research. And for those keeping track, the actual brain scan was a TC-99m HMPAO SPECT. I actually know what all that stands for, too. If nothing else, by the time this is done I can probably submit a script to ER or House. Go, illness of unknown origin!
