MRI Results Came This Morning...

Nope. That's what the outgoing message said. I'm still waiting for a callback from them. It's almost 4 pm here.

@TheHorse I agree.... They never called me back today. Like they're hoping I'll forget about my problems if they don't call back.

@DaddyEvil Heh. I am still waiting for a callback from my knee doctor. It's been several days. Sometimes I think they just want us old folks to...move on...

Thank you. I'm sure there are other people who need the doctor just as much as I do.

I'm sure other people are worse off than I am. I can wait if necessary. Thank you.

Thank you. They didn't call today.

@wolfgirl569 Thanks. Pretty said to wait patiently. I'm sure she's right. After all, they must have patients who need the doctor more than I do.

@DaddyEvil Hopefully first thing tomorrow then. If not keep calling them. Like you said, it's scarier not knowing.

Thank you. I had an incident last night that scared me but everything worked out okay. I was reading while listening to a favorite YouTuber when the words in my book didn't make sense. I skipped back a few pages and tried again but I still couldn't figure out what the words were. And the guy I was listening to didn't make sense, either. I knocked on Pretty's bedroom door and told her what was happening... She said there was nothing we could do about it right then so I came back to my room. A little bit later, she knocked on my bedroom door and then came in, telling me she was going to turn my overhead light on and looked directly at my face... Then said I wasn't sagging on one side and everything still looked okay. She was checking to see if I'd had a stroke... Thankfully I hadn't. After she left, Speedy was making sense again so I checked my book and could read again. Pretty came back to my room and said those were all signs of the hydrocephalus. I told her I could read again and she said we'd keep checking and call the doctor if that happened again.

@AliCanary Me, too. I don't want it to affect me at all. I wish my neurologist's appointment was sooner.

@DaddyEvil I'm glad you didn't have a stroke! That's the first thing I thought of when you said things didn't make sense. But the fact that you were able to make sense yourself when you spoke was a good sign. This appears to be affecting your Wernicke's area (speech recognition) as opposed to the Broca's area (speech production).

This is a holiday weekend in the US. Doctors won't go back to their offices until Tuesday, IF they aren't taking a vacation right now. It's better not to make the doctor upset with you as a new prospective patient until after they give their opinion on your symptoms and the medical evidence. She will call, I'm sure, when she has time. Edit to add: Let me break things down for you in a more understandable way. The MRI showed parts of my brain are enlarged, which shouldn't be the case, if I wasn't having a problem. Ventricles are the folds in a normal brain. Some of mine are swollen but the doctor can't see any other problems. Enlarged ventricles press against other parts of the brain and can make thinking harder, can overrule the body on how it is running and can press on nerve bundles and cause problems like my always swelling eyes.

@Shivram59 You're welcome. We thought all the problems were caused by my overactive thyroid gland. We didn't realize I was suffering symptoms from two different diseases at the same time until I fell and got hurt. (I fall a lot but have only been getting hurt lately. Most of the time I stay close to furniture or walls/doors I can hang onto if I get dizzy and feel like I'm going to fall. Twice now I've fallen and had to go to the ER.) The overactive thyroid has been causing problems for 15 or more years. The hydrocephalus was just diagnosed after my first fall but the ER doctor said I started having problems from that a few years ago.

@DaddyEvil Thank you. You have got so many problems. I hope the doctor can help you get rid of them. All I can do is pray for you But how did you have these issues?? How long have you been struggling with them??

@DaddyEvil good just busy with this or that

I gave up on worrying. There's nothing I can do, no matter what the doctors' decide. How have you been doing? Long time, no see.

@shaggin I'm glad you're doing well.

@DaddyEvil the sooner you get to talk to the doctor, the better.

@allen0187 Yeah, I know, but she's not returning my calls.

Thank you. The neurologist never called me back so we're still left wondering. I'm still having balance issues and vision problems. *shrug* I can wait until September to talk to the doctor again. I hope she's just busy with other people who need her help more than I do.

@DaddyEvil ........doctors are always so slow getting back to patients. It's frustrating.

@celticeagle Yes, it is.

Thank you. It is after 8 pm and nobody else called today. I kept my phone beside me and turned on all day.

@DaddyEvil Doctors can only slow it down with medication, they can't cure my mother. Why is it that in September, the disease would be different again?

I hope, for your mother, too. I hope the doctors can do something for her soon. I'll be okay, thank you. I have an appointment in September to see the specialist.

@May2k8 Oh, I'm sorry about your mom. I hope they can help her feel better, even if they can't cure her. September is the earlies appointment time they have available.

Thank you. I think the doctor is just busy with people who need her more than I do. I can wait for her to finish with other patients.

@rakski I really hope I won't need a lot of patience.

@DaddyEvil it is good that you have a lot of patience.

I feel fine, thanks. Still dizzy all the time and the medication doesn't help. I never got a return call from the neurologist's office. *shrug*

@noni1959 I don't have a choice. Nothing can happen until the neurologist sees me in September.

@DaddyEvil That's just crazy not to get the call. No doubt the dizziness is affecting your life. You're so patient with this.

Thank you. I hate waiting. The doctor still hasn't returned my calls.

Thank you. I hate waiting. The doctor still hasn't returned my calls.

@DaddyEvil You’re welcome. That is a bad doctor to keep you waiting.

I'm over being upset. I'm sure other people have more problems than I do.

@DaddyEvil What they did is annoying but you have to still be cool.

@augusta123 Very true.

@DaddyEvil Hopefully you hear something soon.

@Tampa_girl7 Thank you. I'll let everybody know when I hear something.

Thank you. I appreciate that. Nope, the doctor still hasn't returned my call yet. Pretty said to give them this week in case the doctor went on vacation or something.

They didn't call back. Pretty says to give them time since they probably have patients worse off than me.

@Marilynda1225 True. With medical professionals, they set their own hours and probably decided a really long weekend was just what they need.

@DaddyEvil I hope they call soon but we're heading into the Easter weekend so maybe they are working shorter hours.

No, not yet. I called again Monday and still haven't heard anything back. I'm guessing she doesn't think much is wrong. *shrug*

@sol_cee Thank you. I hope the neurologist at least glanced at the MRI results. Have you been up to anything fun lately?

@DaddyEvil I hope so too, fingers crossed it’s nothing bad. Otherwise, they would have reached back already

Nope, still no callback from the Doctor's office yet. Thanks.

@noni1959 Thank you. We shall see.

@DaddyEvil You have more patience than I do. Hope they call soon.

Thank you. You know I will. No call back from the doctor yet.

@DaddyEvil You're welcome. Yes, I know you will.

If the diagnosis is correct, they're talking brain surgery to add a pump and hose in my skull to keep the fluid build-up down. The hose will go from my head down into my abdomen to drain the extra fluid. Thank you. I'm very worried.

@DaddyEvil I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers.

@noni1959 Thank you. I appreciate that.