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Originally Posted by lilypup
The good news is there are no tumors or aneurysms. The bad news is that she has some atrophy of her brain. We see a neurologist on June 2nd.
A good doctor friend of ours says this atrophy could have been "over read" by a zealous radiologist. Another person said she could just have a smaller brain size than some. We've heard everything!
Our daughter is having no neurological symptoms so we are hoping for the best. She is perfectly normal cognition wise and had her last day of teaching for the year yesterday.
Thank you for your continued support. I am of course very flipped out but am trying to hang in there for her sake. CBT is helping some, but.....
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I'm very happy for her and you it isn't very serious.
As far as brain size is concerned, that some or areas are smaller or less myelinated (less white matter) could be something neurodevelopmental seen in people at risk for psychosis. But there are quite some conflicting studies so it's really hard to tell whether it is indeed as that one person (also a neurologist?) said: nothing to worry about (it doesn't mean that she actually will get a psychosis, risk is just that and since there are quite some conflicting studies it is probably quite a low risk). Just a possible explanation. But it could be something else. All you can do is wait, for now. Don't let any possibilities confuse and overwhelm you. I'm sure they'll find out.
I'm glad she's doing fine.
Maybe you can try meditation/mindfulness. Some exercises. I'm sure you could find some on the Internet.
I wish you all the best.