Hey @Loves, happy Friday! Did you have the CT done already? If you didn't that's a lot of horsepower just to look for MRI lesions, but if they did it already your docs will be able to tell if there's anything suspicious just using that CT. My guess is if they found any lesions they would send you for an MRI to get more detail, but the fact that they're not is a good thing. I sure as heck wouldn't feel ashamed about wanting to get to the root of the problem. I'm in Canada, and the frustrating part of Canadian medicine is what I call the 'diagnostic funnel'. In the US, home of mo-money-betta-healthcare, you can get tested for many things at the same time. A place like the Mayo Clinic will test you for everything from aphid infestation to zombi-ism, all during the same week at the same location. In Canada it's all about probabilities. You get one test at a time, as they try to confirm the most probable diagnosis to the least. I presume it's about being as cost efficient as possible. I understand that approach as a tax-payer, but as a patient it sucks. I guess the upside is, reading between the lines, the existing CT scan has put an MS diagnosis as a low probability for you. The thing that I've learned navigating Canadian healthcare is not to be overly prescriptive. In other words, don't say "I want an MRI", but do say "It's important that we look for the root cause of my headaches and limb weakness." I hope you find the root cause of your stuff, @Loves. But, in the meantime, try and enjoy the little stuff that makes us happy.

Ur from Canada? Sounds frustrating that they do one test at a time. But that's basically how it is for me. I have no insurance. But believe me when I did, and tested positive for hep c. Insurance wasn't going to pay!!! Now I'm wo insurance and going to a sliding scale doc. She got me meds for hepc by participating in a study, and also migraine meds. During the summer months my migraines were so bad I went to er. Also seen a chiropractor bc the pain seemed to radiate from my neck, had face numbness blurred vision, he apparently did like an x-ray n said I had a pinched nerve. But my local doc said there was no way to see a pinched nerve on an x-ray. So that seemed to be a huge waste of money. Wierd symptoms from dizziness so heavy legs, vision issues, I'm pushing for answers not more meds. That's what they push on u here, and pointless check ups. I say they push meds bc I knew more than once before that something was off, and it felt like it took an act of Congress to get help. One time went out of state after seeing 2-3 docs. Once out of state they found out w in hour I had kidney stones that required them to busted w a laser. Another time I had air on my brain due to a epidural for giving birth. I knew something was wrong but no one would listen. So when I feel crazy I think of these times when I absolutely knew and people made me feel crazy. W my newest bothersome of my legs I'm definitely gone push, ty.🙂