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Anyone Know If There's A Time Line For Getting New MRI Every So Many Years Just As Part Of Keeping Up With Your Overall Health,

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Dayton, NV

monitoring of your spine to watch for changes and make sure discs or vertebrae haven't slipped or anything funky
I ask this because it's been 3 or 4 years to monitor the size of my cervical syrinx and at least 8 yrs since the rest of my spine has been looked at & I'm having increased pain in my hip joints and I think I've developed arthritis in feet joints and right thumb. Im afraid if I walk into doctors office with my shopping list of mri's I'll be told to hit the road, but I've had 2… read more

October 29, 2017
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A MyChronicPainTeam Member

Nuro said once a year is the recommended deal if something shows up in a scan if not then every 4 to 5 years for general review isnt uncommon unless there is drastic medical change.

November 8, 2017
A MyChronicPainTeam Member

Definitely justified if you are having falls

November 1, 2017
A MyChronicPainTeam Member

Good question. I want to try to ask my doctor for one for spinal stenosis and it hasn't even been a year yet. I'm sure my insurance would put up a fight if I got one now. Maybe after a full year. Or maybe a different type of MRI.

January 2, 2018

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