# Help Deciphering MRI **URL:** \ **Category:** New diagnosis and before diagnosis\ **Created:** [10 March 2022 18:02 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/help-deciphering-mri/66990 "2022-03-10T18:02:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![crd](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/mssociety/user_avatar/forum.mssociety.org.uk/crd/32/970_2.png) [@crd](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/crd)\ **Post date:** [10 March 2022 20:40 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/help-deciphering-mri/66990/2 "2022-03-10T20:40:24Z")
Where do you live? In the U.K. not all consultants get fixated on MRI scans. The results of a scan do not predict exactly symptoms. It may be appropriate to work your way through the faq section and take it up with your MS team. Most of us get fixated on our MRI but they are of little practical use beyond diagnosis and determining treatment options. > [@A brief beginner's guide to the brain and MRI](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/a-brief-beginners-guide-to-the-brain-and-mri/30955): > > As some of you know, I often answer posts on here asking for help to understand what a neurologist’s letter or radiologist’s report means. What you probably don’t know is that it is a pretty time-consuming task and, every time I find myself typing the same stuff, I say to myself, “I absolutely must put something together that I can copy and paste from!” Well, I have finally done it slight_smile It occurred to me that some of you might be interested in reading the whole thing and that you mig… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/help-deciphering-mri/66990)._