Posted by eleccentric on
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Kefirisgood-RE: MRI - My primary initial symptoms involved tingling,
numbness of my R side of head, R leg and R arm and feeling sick
(dull, heavy, hangover head, nausea) which rapidly gave way to
extreme head pain with cell phone use, powerlines and cell towers and
literal currents running through toes, feet, leg, hand, arm with use
of computer mouse, proximity to computer tower, use of cell phone. I
am now extremely sensitive to other electrical things (see prev
post). Initial symptom, not recognized as ES then: 4 1/2-5 yrs ago I
started 'hearing' a low throbbing/pulsing drone/buzz which no one
else could hear. The sound was/is percieved to be a buzzing/vibration
in my head and was/is sometimes so loud I can hardly stand it(it is
accompanied by ear pain & irritability). I could always 'leave' the
sound by going somewhere else so I realized that it was not tinitus.  
I now know, beyond a doubt, this is an ES symptom the presence and
intensity of which is triggered by EMF exposure. (Incidently, the
sound I hear is recognized as 'the hum' and there is yahoo group for
hearers of this sound called 'hum forum' although there are some ES
people in the group, I don't know whether they yet recognize it as a
symptom of ES. I've been meaning to write them about it). Anyway,
prior to the onset of this sound 2 things occurred: 1) A cell tower
positioned at a lower sea-level than my home had recently started
transmissions less than 1 1/2 mi away (my house is on top of a hill &
I estimate (based on sea-level, tower/house height, distance from
ground of antennae) direct transmissions from antennae to be approx
30' above my home. Of course, the signal broadens cone shape-like
from tower and my home is being bombarded. 2)Also prior to the onset
of the ES sound, I had an MRI of the head and an EEG (due to
tremendous handwriting difficulty I recognized as a symptom of
Parkinson's, MS. I now also know, without a doubt, that this also
was a symptom of ES as it would come and go and, given my current
extreme sensitivity to circuit breaker boxes/electrical wiring for
alarms and such, I realize that my greatest difficulty with
handwriting occurred when I was in the presence of these things as I
frequently wrote at desks in the presence of these things (which now
cause me tremendous discomfort/pain) at different facilities where I
worked. (MRI turned out 'normal'). Another point, I recently wrote
about a person I was working with who had an MRI 2 days prior to
onset of numbness, tingling, sleep-like sensation of leg, arm and
face/head for which she was hospitalized for suspected CVA (tests for
which were negative). Since this person described the sensation as
sometimes seeming to run up & down her leg/arm, I suspected ES having
been tweeked by the MRI. I subsequently found that the powerline ran
directly into the side wall of her small home in what appeared to be
her kitchen area where she is likely to spend a majority of her time.

So...I believe it is possible that MRI could and may be likely to
increase ES symptoms or possibly trigger them. Weigh your benefit vs.
risk. I often wonder if I should have another to rule out tumor d/t
cell phone use given my pain symptoms in presence of cell
phones/towers. Obviously this would be valuable info for tx planning
but, for me, it could mean further injury. What to do?? If you
proceed with an MRI, be sure to STRICTLY LIMIT your EMF exposure both
before and after the MRI procedure. This may be effective in
preventing increased sensitivity. I would appreciate it if you would
please let me know if you proceed with it, whether you feel it was
beneficial and how you tolerated it.

I hope this has been helpful. Good luck! Christine

--- In [hidden email], "kefirisgood" <kefirisgood@...> wrote:
>
> Has anybody on this list developed ES or increased their
sensitivity
> to EMFs by doing an MRI?
> How normal would you say the numbness/prickling-symtpom is for EMF
> sensitive people?
> I'd highly appreciate any comments.