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@syltejr if you are living in Canada, it is difficult to get an MRI because you always need a doctor’s - often a specialist’s - referral and even then it is difficult to get one because our government health plan won’t pay for one unless it is ordered as a last resort. I have been asking doctors for one for years without success. The most they will do is a CT scan but only if an Ultrasound proves inconclusive.
I have been having chronic migraines for years and the migraine medicine doesn’t help. Then in May of this year, I started having strange body sensations….what you would expect from an MS diagnosis. It’s a strange tingling followed by a tightening and pulling in that area. I’ve also had muscle fasciculations for almost 4 years that the neurologist originally thought were “benign”. also have Raynaud’s and a whole bunch of other things. All of this together added up to the need for a brain MRI.