tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post116718526976341075..comments2024-03-18T03:28:36.581-04:00Comments on Shrink Rap: Methuselah's GenesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-1167258079165746202006-12-27T17:21:00.000-05:002006-12-27T17:21:00.000-05:00Great post! More stuff like this please.Great post! More stuff like this please.SEAMONKEYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10650057783106718784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-1167207055190154202006-12-27T03:10:00.000-05:002006-12-27T03:10:00.000-05:00You're doing a good job. I saw the brain pics, an...You're doing a good job. I saw the brain pics, and I knew who was posting....Dinahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227988351623862689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-1167205033536027842006-12-27T02:37:00.000-05:002006-12-27T02:37:00.000-05:00I know this is a bit hypochondriacal perhaps, but ...I know this is a bit hypochondriacal perhaps, but sometimes I wonder about the fact that I already have 9 (at last MRI done in January 2004) non-specific WMLs on my brain MRI...which was an increase from an MRI done in 2001. I also have increasing memory and concentration problems as well as this constant trouble with the migraines. I sometimes wonder if this is a sign of future memory/brain problems to come - so far, nobody in my family has suffered from Alzheimers, and I'm very fortunate for that - but with my scans (my dad's also show the WMLs), I do sometimes worry. I know they don't really know the connection to WMLs and all these diseases, but I remember one of my scans saying it depicted the lesions as possible atypical demyelinating processes going on. I do wonder if my cognitive problems are simply a factor of pain/medication or if they may relate to some physical brain changes.<BR/><BR/>Guess time will tell...and there's really no point in worrying about something that you can't change! Just don't want to be one of those early Alz types in my 3rd or 4th decade with my brain going byebye! Oh - I did forget to add that a CT scan I had last year had a report that read "Mild Volume Loss Evident" - okay....so I'm already losing some volume, too - all that makes me think of is liquefactive necrosis which just makes me think of the migraine actually eating away at my brain and causing it to shrink, thereby causing the cognitive problems. <BR/><BR/>Totally paranoid probably....but I still wonder!NeoNurseChichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16120931307124798416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-1167186547714776802006-12-26T21:29:00.000-05:002006-12-26T21:29:00.000-05:00Interesting stuff.Interesting stuff.Sarebearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09208596053319110470noreply@blogger.com