I am so happy for you!! I am also pleased that the nurse said she felt the doctor would think that your MRI would be too old to really use. That is a good sign that the doctor will be concerned about your current medical state and will want to look at all possible causes.!!!

What I would recommend is that you start now getting a written history of your symptoms together....past and present, to give to the dr. I wrote a history for my doctor and it really helped him be able to ask more specific questions regarding my condition and it also allowed me to stay more focused during that first appointment. I would:

1. Give symptom (ie. headaches, tingling, pain, etc.)
2. Give M/YYYY when symptom first began
3. What what if anything relieved symptom
4. What if anything made symptom worse
5. What help did you seek
6. What tests were done
7. What were the results of those tests
8. What treatment was perscribed..did it help
9. Medications you are currently taking to treat symptoms...does it help
10.Medications you have taken in the past

Add more information as you need to. I had a lot of weird symptoms such as bowel problems, tingling in my face and arms, etc... things I thought were completely unrelated to my problems at that time but were very different for me. I did not mention them ..but after I had the surgery those symptoms disappeared too.

I would avoid going in with your ideas of a possible diagnosis. Let the doctor look at you, look at your physical symptoms, look at what has helped or made things worse in the past, look at test results in the past and those he will currently order, etc..... Then you can research more as a diagnosis is either given or ruled out. Good luck to you and please keep us posted.