farmwife,
I got a voice mail (grrrr) that the skin biopsy was negative, to just keep taking the Aggrenox, and that sometimes with people my age they never find out why the strokes happened. Obviously, I'm glad it's negative, but I feel so blown off.
So I don't know about lesions on the MRI or white matter abnormalities. When I had called and asked the nurse last week. She just said it was "stable" and that the rest of it was "greek" to her. I said that I want copies the next time I'm there.
I know that a good portion of the biopsies come back normal. He apparently is not pursuing the matter. So I suppose the MRI must have been fine. Then I think there must have been something on there or he wouldn't have even ordered the skin biopsy in the first place.
Am I not asking the right questions? No one wants bad news. I can only imagine the hell that your family is going through. (I've had lots of time to think about it in the last month.) I just want answers.
I feel guilty venting to you about this. My thoughts and prayers are with you and yours, as always.
Peace-