RE: [MSA] MRIs vs. PET scans
Nancy, My understanding is that PET scans are far more expensive (I think
around $3,000 or is it $5,000??). Also, there are not that many PET scanning
devices in the world, whereas MRIs are all over. I tried to get insurance to
cover a PET scan for my mother Joyce (was in the process of doing this when
she died) but the requirements are strict. You cannot use it for diagnostic
purposes -- which is really too bad because short of an autopsy, it's the
only tool I know that can provide an MSA diagnosis. Debbie
if I would have paid for it , then it could have been use as diagnostic
I suspect??
nancy m.
"if I would have paid for it , then it could have been use as diagnostic
I suspect??
nancy m."
Nancy, I don't know whether you can get a PET merely by paying for it, given
the scarcity of machines, it may be difficult. But I don't know. Perhaps
someone else does. Debbie