Follow-Up
My husband went in for a repeat MRA and a chest x-ray, and he met with the neurologist immediately following the MRA.
An MRA is an MRI without the dye. The dye can cause kidney damage so it's not an option for him. The problem with an MRA is clarity - an MRI is much clearer. The doctor is not sure if he has an aneurysm or an infundibulum behind his left eye. He will have a repeat test in 6 months to check artery stability, and in the meantime was schooled on all the symptoms of a burst aneurysm. I can't imagine what it feels like to be him, but for my part, I feel like I'm living with a ticking time bomb.
The good news is whatever this "outpouching" is will not prevent him from being officially listed for a transplant.
No one met with him to discuss the results of the chest x-ray, but we are hoping his nephrologist has those results on Tuesday at his next appointment, and that this turns out to be "nothing." There's a 60% chance he'll receive that result, and a 40% chance the nodule will need biopsied.
An MRA is an MRI without the dye. The dye can cause kidney damage so it's not an option for him. The problem with an MRA is clarity - an MRI is much clearer. The doctor is not sure if he has an aneurysm or an infundibulum behind his left eye. He will have a repeat test in 6 months to check artery stability, and in the meantime was schooled on all the symptoms of a burst aneurysm. I can't imagine what it feels like to be him, but for my part, I feel like I'm living with a ticking time bomb.
The good news is whatever this "outpouching" is will not prevent him from being officially listed for a transplant.
No one met with him to discuss the results of the chest x-ray, but we are hoping his nephrologist has those results on Tuesday at his next appointment, and that this turns out to be "nothing." There's a 60% chance he'll receive that result, and a 40% chance the nodule will need biopsied.
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