Guest guest Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 Hi , I had the spect scan ran at Columbia University back in 2002 I was 5 months' into a 18 month protocal of IV Rocephin--so I had no prior scan to see how bad my hypoperfusion was prior to starting the IV ABX It was abnormal at 5 months' rocephin---but the same scan is now normal Spect scans record the functioning of the brain at the precise moment that the test is ran---they can vary from time to time, depending on what is causing the cognitive problems PET Scans can be much more acurate, but not always needed? A good site to check out with regards to the various testing discussed here.....www.columbia-lyme.org Hope this helps, Celiene > > has anyone here ever had a spect or pet scan?i have had both and the > other day I had pet, i thought that i was going to have a bad scan but > it turned out fine! > by the way if your out there poetic sue email me back. > eric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 Celiene, After the scan was normal did you have resolution of all symptoms and continue to be well? Thank You-Anne --- ravencat9461 <ravencat9461@...> wrote: > > Hi , > > I had the spect scan ran at Columbia University back > in 2002 > > I was 5 months' into a 18 month protocal of IV > Rocephin--so I had no > prior scan to see how bad my hypoperfusion was prior > to starting the > IV ABX > > It was abnormal at 5 months' rocephin---but the same > scan is now > normal > > Spect scans record the functioning of the brain at > the precise moment > that the test is ran---they can vary from time to > time, depending on > what is causing the cognitive problems > > PET Scans can be much more acurate, but not always > needed? > > A good site to check out with regards to the various > testing > discussed here.....www.columbia-lyme.org > > Hope this helps, Celiene > > > > > > > > > > has anyone here ever had a spect or pet scan?i > have had both and the > > other day I had pet, i thought that i was going to > have a bad scan > but > > it turned out fine! > > by the way if your out there poetic sue email me > back. > > eric > > > > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 31, 2004 Report Share Posted December 31, 2004 Hi Ann, When the scan came back normal---it semed to me that my cognitive abilities were pretty much back to normal, though I had never had any abnormalities show up on my MRI's taken during the period of time that I was dealing with the lyme disease--so I am thinking that I was one of the lucky ones???? Cognitive testing at that time(when sick) only showed mild impairments. My husband always said I was thick headed--and that's why the lyme had to go and hit me esle where!LOL! I felt pretty foggy much of the time when sick with lyme-but could function under controled conditions(such as, if I needed to balance the checkbook----I needed alot of extra time, and a good caculator,LOL!)It effected me enough, though, that I could not function at my job, and had to quit working for over 3 yrs Once I started to feel better--my thinking became much clearer Much of my SX with lyme were pretty physicial---or so they seem at the time----pain,ache,fevers,neuropathies, ataxia, headaches--you know the drill, the list of 99 sx that most, if not all chronic lyme sufferers get to experince Happy New Year, Celiene -- In , Anne Todd <cat777spikenard@y...> wrote: > > > Celiene, > After the scan was normal did you have resolution of > all symptoms and continue to be well? Thank You-Anne > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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