Can lesions hide?

New diagnosis and before diagnosis
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hi all.

Not been on for a while as I’ve been waiting on my peripheral nerve conduction tests. I’ve now had them, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with my peripheral nerves, therefore it must be a central problem. MRI was clear though, so it’s not a central problem. Waiting to see what neuro’s next move is. I’m guessing it’s going to be a wait and see, and sign me off.

So utterly fed up with this. My MRI was done nearly 12 weeks after the main event, and I had very few symptoms left by that point. I’ve read that lesions can heal really well within 6 weeks. Have any of you had lesions that diasappear on subsequent MRIs?

I’ve now had two episodes 6 months apart, and have now reached the next 6 month mark. I’m terrified it’s all going to happen again. I’ve been left with:

constipation (for over a year now)

patches of numb skin,

the feeling that something is wedged between my right big toe and the next one, and that my foot has padding underneath,

an inverted right foot that doesn’t lift up properly,

no stability in my right forefoot - can’t stand on top toes & can lose balence when taking step with right foot, and

tinnitus that is much much louder than it used to be.

I’m absolutely certain that it’s not functional or a ‘conversion’ issue.

Arrgh, bloody limbo!

Paula

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From my limited knowledge, any old leisons would still show up on an mri with contrast. I had an Mri in September 2015 that showed inflammation on spinal cord, then another in March 2016 that showed new inflammation but not the old area that had previously been seen

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Not sure you are right about that Sunshinedays. As I understand it, contrast helps to show actively demyelinating areas, which in the case of new lesions might otherwise be too small to detect without the help of contrast. Old areas may no longer be actively demyelinating, in which case contrast would not help to pick them out, but they may nevertheless be large enough to be evident. Lesions that have since undergone repair may become harder to detect.