Ok, so yesterday I received my MRI report saying no changes. Yay!
However, just beneath that line was a comment that the radiologist had found a small meningioma and that the would adopt the watch and wait tactict!
After searching google i’ve found these tumors can be triggered my radioactivity and as I have had annual MRIs and plenty of xrays over the years it got me thinking… how many other MS sufferers have the same.
I have called my neurologist secretary to complain about how I was told that I had a tumor (although in all possibility it could be benign). I wonder if I will get a response!
So, I’m just wondering, does anyone else also have this diagnosis? A quick search for meningioma on this site has found some other MSers being told in exactly the same way!
Pretty sure MRi does not use radiation to produce the image. Ct and Xray machines do but Mri machines don’t
Wait and watch is recommendation because it’s tiny. Neuro will look at the report and will likely pass it along to your GP for your GP to follow up on.
I had a lump on my throat a few years ago that was picked up on my routine Mri. had I not had routine Mri it may have got bigger and turned cancerous sooner and spread. Thankfully it was noticed early. Wasn’t cancerous, at the time, as I had a biopsy. Took almost a year to remove, thanks Covid, and by then was cancerous so I had all my Thyroid removed and Radioactive Iodine to kill any remaining tissue. None of that was caused by routine Mri
Other MSers may have been told that in the same way because if it wasn’t for the Mri they may not have had any symptoms that leads to getting a scan and it being picked up. People can have lumps that are cancerous and none cancerous for years and not know about it. The routine Mri caught it early so it can be watched and acted on earlier than it would be for any other person that does not get routine scans
Thanks for your reply and yeah, i am getting mixed up with xrays I think - I’ve had plenty of those over the years too! I’m 57 this year!
I do realise I probably wouldn’t have found anything out about this tumor without the thoroughness of my MS team and am extremely greatful for this, I’m just not the best pleased with how I was told! I do think they could have handled it better eg. a call from my neuro to advise on the findings, so as not to shock/worry me when the letter arrived!
Tomorrow I will be speaking to my Neuro’s secretary about it and will hopefully will get some reassurance.