OK - I'm a crazy lady - I'm crying over the fact that I GET to have surgery. LOL.
I do not need to have more tests!!!! The assistant at Dr. Samji's wrote me a very nice note that ended with "yah!!!"
EVERYONE should take note that they will be insisting on the non contrast CT styloid "Protocol". I had an MRI with contrast and a CT with contrast. Anyone reading this post later needs to know that it was a close call to have to get yet another test. I wrote a letter requesting to please consider my situation since it would cost me about $1,500 to do another test. I now have a new patient appointment early May. I can now tell anyone who wants to know what's going on to simple look up Eagle Syndrome. I can probably stop this #%@^$#&#()@!! "Elimination Diet" for "inflammation" (Whoops I just cartooned swore again). I will be trying to lose a few pounds hoping it might reduce pressure and pain, but now I can eat a low cal diet without all of the craziness added.
So get this: My craniologist came up with looking into ES. Not anyone else. She actually went OC stayed up nights trying to figure me out (LOL). I owe her So Much! Plus she wants to escort me when I make the trip for surgery and request to watch, but also to be there for me (on her dime!). Can you believe it?
I believe I needed the other tests because they showed some soft tissue problems around the process. The MRI with contrast showed a cyst under the tounge. The CT with contrast showed and angry enlarged salivary gland. I believe it was God's timing and I now am more on a fast track - but I am so extrememly thankful for your prayers and good thoughts. I am extremely thankful for your understanding.
So bottom line for anyone who is currently "new" to this, like I was; as of March / April 2016 Dr. Samji's office requires a CT neck NON-contrast styloid protocol
Your radiologist may need to figure out what that means.