Spots are they good, bad or irrelevant?

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I have had only one MRI 15 years ago which enabled the neurologist to confirm the ms I had already diagnosed and which he (after countless expensive and painful tests) did not agree with though he could not suggest anything else. The MRI showed one spot and he then diagnosed I had spms though he then dismissed me saying he could do nothing to help and I should expect my next ms attack in 2 months. As far as I am concerned I really do not care if my MRI looks like swiss cheese (I know of people who have these MRI’s and are symptom free), it is how I feel that counts! With LDN I feel great and see new improvements every month. I really believe one’s mental outlook is vital and I would find it very difficult to be positive and feel good when there is a so called expert counting the spots & telling me that I am getting worse. OK, did I start this? I was originally diagnosed with MS my first 2 years. I was getting brain MRI's every 3 to 6 months by my initial neurologist; I have had 7 brain MRI's now, all with contrast, which has been mentioned to be bad for you also. I have not had a brain MRI since December 2009, but up to that point, I had had 7 brain MRI's all showing plaques/spots, presumably brain damage, in different spots of my brain. So the first neurologist, that fired me, officially in a letter in August 2010 (turning all care over to my LLMD BUT qualified in the letter that what I really have is NEUROLOGICAL MS), isn't about to prescribe brain MRI #8 for me, as I was getting better on ABX. My LLMD said wait a year and maybe get brain MRI #8, if local family doc won't prescribe it, get back with him (at my last November 2010 visit to the LLMD). Local family doc gave me my first brain MRI the summer of 2007, when my double vision hit (third nerve cranial palsy). The brain damage was in the right spot that correlated with the double vision. This was the start of my first two years as an MS patient. BOTTOM LINE: If I had LYME and CO-INFECTIONS, the spots/damage on my brain were caused by the LYME spirochete, or my bodies attempt to fight the LYME?! Whatever the case, spots/plaques look the same for LYME and MS! If I remember right, some folks are told the damage would look/be different. I would respectfully disagree. I even took my IGENEX Western Blot results and gave them to the lab that did all 7 of my brain MRI's; did they learn from this, I am not sure, but MAYBE, MAYBE NOT, I haven't been back for #8 yet, or for further discussion? ASSUMING LDN is helping me heal, and if I get another brain MRI #8 some day, maybe the damage to my brain will be repaired, but maybe not, some damage could still be there, but hopefully nothing new. I am still on the official books through the first neurologist as a MSer though. But I am better, so does it really matter; not right now it doesn't really matter. Usual qualification, I am not a Doctor, just an angry engineer, and willing to throw out my story, even if it helps just one of you.... Just looking for the truth and understanding for everyone here........as always, please correct me if any of you know better, or even think you know better.....just my story here..... I am still taking my 3 mg/night of LDN..........Just looking for feedback Not sure what- LDN and MRI Any info on MRI and Lyme?