Postpartum, I encountered body numbness without the ability to move my entire left side except my face. They sent me to see a neurologist first. That doctor said I am sure it is nothing, but let's do a MRI. Through this, I was diagnosed with a very large arterial venous malformation in my brain that was inoperable related to its location. This would never have been diagnosed without a MRI, and I probably wouldn't be here today to tell you.

My mother fell and was x-rayed - negative. She came home but continued to experience pain while walking. A week later, was x-rayed again - negative. A cat scan was negative. The MRI showed hairline fractures of the pelvis and hip. A small plate with a pin was put in place to provide stability to the pelvic bone with great results.

I had headache for almost three years and doctors would say you have migraine, ENT problem or pain due to stress and prescribed all type of pain killers and medicines. I was tired of this problem, myself I went to a hospital and done MRI. The report showed a big tumor in brain and advice immediate surgery. Micro surgery was done in 2004 after one more MRI followed by Gama Knife treatment. It was MRI only, from which doctor came to know about real problem. Thanks to the pioneer of MRI system.

I have had a headache every day for a year. I thought it was stress. Then my doctor ordered an MRI. I had a ruptured disc at c4-c5. It was pinching my spinal cord in half its size. I had to have a bone fusion and instrumental. The headaches went away, but I still can't do certain things, like holding my head down while I read or keep my head turned to the side for long. Now I have DDD in my lower back and am getting ready to have more tests done for that area. MRIs are great! I think anyone having pain should have to get one!

I was going through fertility process and was given an ultrasound that showed I had 2 fibroids. The nurse suggested surgery which I did not want to have. So I resolved to live with the 2 fibroids until some months later I heard about another procedure that is non-surgical that can eliminate fibroids. The doctor automatically requests an MRI. To my shock and amazement, the MRI showed that I didn't just have 2 fibroids, I have approx. 15!!!! The doctor said the surgery she suggested was a myomectomy which would only have allowed them to remove a few fibroids at once in order to sew my uterus back together. But he said it is possible that once they got in and saw how many there were they may have performed an entire hysterectomy because there are so many. I am just so thankful that he ordered the MRI and I was able to see this has been causing me problems for years and I did not know this. It's important to be proactive with your own health because many times some doctors are not concerned with taking the next step to properly diagnose you.

Hi, I am 24 and a survivor of 2 unavoidable car accidents. My initial MRI showed I had 2 bulging discs from first accident in 7/06. After 3 years of physical therapy, pain meds and the feeling of things not improving, I was sent to have a follow up MRI. My back had literally degenerated with now 3 degenerated discs, spinal canal stenosis in 2 joints, a hypertrophied ligament, in one of the joints with stenosis, 2 Schmorl nodes, and 3 bulging discs. Needless to say if it weren't for the MRI in just those 2 times help me to get dramatic treatment options, as of late I had a Radiofrequency Ablation on nerves that go to my spine to prevent pain signals to return to the brain, I'd be in unbearable pain for life. Though I still have pain it has been reduced somewhat I have a fighting chance. Then due to 2nd accident in 12/09 MRI detected a herniated disc in my neck and since I have nerve damage in my hand diagnosed by my EMG I had just undergone MRI for my wrist and elbow. I have EXTREME Ulnar nerve damage and the EMG cannot determine where if not more than one place my nerve is damaged. I am waiting for the results currently so that my Orthopedic Hand Surgeon can accurately know where he needs to operate on my arm/hand in order to prevent further UNREPAIRABLE damage that occurs from my impingement. I AM SO THANKFUL I live in an era that has the ability to see these problems otherwise my hand would be clawed and eventually become utterly useless for the rest of my life yet alone unable to ever return to any possible thought of a life at all. And MRI is the only tool that will be able to detect wear my nerve is being pinched other than cut and search. Unfortunately my muscle loss in my hand is very significant already and is more than probable to be permanent, the speed and accuracy of the MRI allows to prevent further loss from occurring and get me REQUIRED SURGERICAL help a-sap. God bless magnets and the beautiful scientist who engineered this medical miracle. I am forever in gratitude for all it's done for me alone. If it were up to me Full body MRI should be part of a yearly physical due to the amount of medical information it provides doctors and the ability it has to diagnose so many conditions early on that could give SOOO much preventative care and health tactile offense. Though I've never played any physical sports in my life any one knows the BEST DEFENSE IS A GOOD OFFENSE. Medically that is spelt MRI.