Hi all, During the past year (the year after my diagnosis), I have been reading a lot of research papers on MS. One important thing I noticed being mentioned in many papers is that in many trials and researches they take it one step further than just counting lesions on MRI in order to routinely m…

Hi everyone The results from a recent MRI showed no new lesions and that several existing lesions had faded. I wasn’t sure how common ‘fading’ lesions are and how to interpret the implications. I came across this article reporting on a five and ten year study, which found that les…

So sorry if this is too long. In 2014 i was referred for 2 MRI scans after getting pressure headaches at the back of the head, and pain in my neck. The reports came back saying…(MRI Head): ‘There are foci of high signal intensity in the periventricular and subcortical white matter of bo…

I know I know bloody Google… BUT I remember commenting at my mri that (it looked like pic B) and i said oh god look at all the black, but Neuro said that’s just your brain? Really? Cos looking at that I’m now terrified https://goo.gl/images/rkkJJL Hope the link to the pic works

Hi guys, I’m Cathy, an MSer and a producer of Hidden,…

This article from ScienceDaily released June 2018 talks about brain atrophy and how disintergrating lesions may indicate disease is getting worse rather than new appearance of lesions or volume. Very interesting!!! https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/06/180604112441.htm