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Actually MRIs don't always pick up everything. I found that out after my car accident years ago. Once they opened me up in surgery they realized the MRI didn't pick up some of the broken bones and it was more extensive surgery than planned. Also, a stupid ENT doctor last year told me he diagnoses people solely by CAT scans of their head and he saw nothing on my cat scan. I had been sent for repeat sinus infections and now had so much yellow green mucous coming out of my nose that he was getting kleenex for me and I would blow my nose and it was going all over my hands. I asked him where was all this infected mucous on the CAT scan--the doctor was completely blank and could say nothing. He had to treat me for the infected mucous and hopefully learned machines don't pick up everything. So the MRI does not always pick up migraine abnormalities with all migraine suffers. I have never had auras. I have had severe migraines for 16 years and been to see many neurologists, and had so many tests throughout the years and many different pills. I would end up in the E.R. when the migraines would finally reach a level where I could not remember my Mom's name, my own address and such. Changing to this new HMO carrier in the past few years, I was sent to their own neurologist who specializes in migraines. He gives me occipital neural blocks, which I explain to people are sort of an epidural but longer lasting (it can last 3 weeks to 5 weeks, depending on how I'm doing--for some of his patients, they last a year), but I can only have 3 of those blocks in a set period of time. He has been the only one who has given me any real relief. Plus he placed me on Imitrex with 2 Aleve (they have that pill all in one now) with Metoclopram to stop the nausea and vomiting. That used to relieve the migraine in 45 minutes, but is now taking about an hour or 75 minutes to relieve the migraine. But I appreciate the relief. I have been in the neurologist's office during several of my migraines and he said physically he notices I lose color, under my eyes becomes dark, my eyes squint and are lifeless and I'm over a trash can because one of those little vomit pans just won't do it. Within 2 to 3 minutes of doing the block, it stops the migraine and I feel great and he said, my color comes back, the dark goes away from under my eyes, I don't squint, and my eyes are bright and full of life and I'm smiling and no more vomiting or nausea. It is a tremendous difference. I told my friend that when they finally autopsy me, they'll find my brain is nothing but a gerbil running on a wheel, but that the wheel is rusted and bent so it was bumping against my head and causing the migraines. See, it was that simply all along. Post edited by: Suz, at: 07/07/2008 09:45 A good rule of life is do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup
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