Is there an "I'd like to thank the Academy" speech in your future?
Glad it's over!
Is there an "I'd like to thank the Academy" speech in your future?
Glad it's over!
That is great Addie...just a short stroll to the ocean then
I am a Cancer and Steve is a Pisces..so we should be closer to the ocean too
Thanks for all the well wishes. Done and back home. The open MRI was OK. Noisy and boring for 30 minutes but now It's done and I have the video!
I think I'll go take a look at it and self-diagnose.
...What happened to your shoulder?
my guess is that the chip (against the yankees) got too big and heavy after all of these years...
I blame the Yankees for everything else wrong in the world, might as well add this to the list.
I have had an MRI for my shoulder too...I too was a bit scared at first but it was actually OK
It was quite a modern one machine and it was enclosed but still light with cream coloured walls, so it didn't feel bad at all
Also it was a bit noisy but I didn't hear much as they gave me headphones and music playing away
That sounds like the machine they used on me for a CT (computer tomography) scan.Kylie, the newer machines are not enclosed at all. It like a big doughnut and you lay in the hole. Your head and feet are on either end of the hole. It has only a whirring sound. The machine you were in can be hell for those with claustrophobia. The first time I had to have an MRI, the doctor asked me if I had claustrophobia. He didn't even wait for an answer. Just the look on my face answered his question. I started to shake and cry. They ended up knocking me out completely. The new machine? I just hop right up and let them start.
So, does a whole person fit on the round part? Or does the person lie on the bit in front and it moves up over the round bit? Or something else?The MRI I was in today looked like this.
Sort of like an open hamburger bun with you sliding into the middle. The top surface is still only an inch or two away from the tip of your nose. I felt no real sense of being confined in a small space.
IT was still noisy. Lots of banging and whirring and other assorted noises. They were not really an issue.
taxlady said:So, does a whole person fit on the round part?
No. Just a half person, or if extra large, a quarter person.
No. Just a half person, or if extra large, a quarter person.
That sounds like the machine they used on me for a CT (computer tomography) scan.