← Return to Hypometabolism in Occipital Lobes on PET with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

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@lisalucier

Hi, @adoptivemother - as a fellow mother, I empathize with feeling scared about your daughter. This is especially challenging when you get some results back on a patient portal and may or may not know how to interpret them. I know that for me when I look at pathology or radiology reports, I know enough information just to be "dangerous." I never understand all the vocabulary in these online reports.

I would encourage you to call and speak to your neurologist's/epileptologist's administrative assistant or their nurse, requesting that someone on the team have a phone call or video chat with you at their earliest convenience to explain the results. I would guess that such communication is in the plans for the doctor and team, but it's perfectly fine to let them know you'd like to do that as soon as possible. I found for myself that I generally interpret my findings online as far worse than they really are, and I'm relieved when I speak with the doctor.

How's your daughter been doing symptom-wise since your visit to Mayo Clinic Rochester?

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Thank you for the voice of reason. It is tricky for me to call and request things because she is 23 and very much hanging onto the tiny bit of independence that remains. I haven't even told her about the PET because she is upset enough about potential brain surgery.

We had world class treatment at Mayo! She has not had any noticeable seizure activity since leaving there and having her med dose doubled. They said she wasn't even on a therapeutic dose to begin with which was maddening but it left room for a simple improvement.