Magnetic Resonance Angiography of My Head

Today, I had an MRA, or magnetic resonance angiogram, done of my head. For those of you that did not know, my mom died last month from complications after a burst brain aneurysm.

I had a stroke back in early 2005. With that, and with my mom's death, my neurologist recommended that I have an MRA done of my head. I had that done at the clinic today. The neurologist also wants me to get my homocystine levels checked to make sure my medications are still working. In addition, I saw my cardiologist earlier this week and she wants me to have my choloestrol checked. So, I'm going to get blood work done at LabCorp on Friday.

I do not know when I will be getting results. I am going to call the neurologist tomorrow and see if they need me to bring my films in or of they received their own copies from the clinic.

I'll post again when I know more. My health is good, overall. I have not had any problems or neurological symptoms. Both my cardiologist and neurologist said that I am doing well. My yearly EKG was perfectly normal.

All Continues to Go Well

I realize it's been a few weeks since I have posted. But, everything has been going well. I had my last nephrologist appointment about a month ago. The doctor said that everything was still looking good and that I did not have to come back until January for my annual Glofil. I also had my annual bone density scan done that day. It looks like my bones are still about the same.

I have been doing well since my nose surgery. I am not coughing all the time any more, which is nice. I've also been enjoying less runny noses than I had before. So, I'm enjoying the better breathing and my nose is almost 100% healed up. It still hurts from time to time, but it's not bad at all.

I've got a neurology appointment in December to follow-up on the stroke I had a few years ago. I'm also going to have to tell the doctor that my mom has recently had a brain aneurysm. I've had a few CT scans done of my head, so I doubt that I have any problems. I just want to let the doctor know that there is some family history (now) that we might need to keep in mind.

So, I probably won't be posting too much (as you may have noticed). If you have any questions, just send an e-mail or post a comment!

Post Op II - ENT

I had my second (and it seems, final) post operative appointment with the ENT on Tuesday this week.  He peered deep into my nose (after allowing me an hour to catch up on my reading in the waiting room) and said that I am healing quite well.  He said I should continue to use nasal spray and that the swelling was healing nicely.

I'm still blowing up a bit of dired up goop in my nose from time to time, but not very often.  My teeth almost never hurt anymore when I blow my nose, and it doens't feel all "crazy" on my septum when breathing in sharply or blowing my nose. (see http://nmccart.blogspot.com/2008/08/nasal-surgery-no-more-nose-splints.html)

My nose runs a bit still, but that's to be expected as I am allergic to all things in the air. (see: http://nmccart.blogspot.com/2008/05/allergy-test-results.html)  I'm glad that there is very little pain in sneezing or blowing my nose, though it is still sensitive to the touch (it hurts some).

That's about it for my nasal experience.  Oh, wait -- I don't have that persistent cough any more!!!  I guess that makes it all about worth it as far as the surgery is concerned.

Thanks for all of your prayers through this time.  I appreciate it, and I know God listened and helped make the healing go that much faster and easier.