Mri
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I've had a few in my lifetime. I am a little claustrophobic. The way I handle it:
After you lie on the table and before it slides you in the tube, ask them to put something over your eyes, like a piece of cloth, or bring sleeping blinders and put them on. What you can't see can't hurt you.
They will also give you earplugs; some facilities will give your earphones so you can listen to music or a local radio station. It will discract you. I've almost fallen asleep inside. It gets a little boring in there once you get used to it.
After you lie on the table and before it slides you in the tube, ask them to put something over your eyes, like a piece of cloth, or bring sleeping blinders and put them on. What you can't see can't hurt you.
They will also give you earplugs; some facilities will give your earphones so you can listen to music or a local radio station. It will discract you. I've almost fallen asleep inside. It gets a little boring in there once you get used to it.
I've been prescribed 0.5 mg of Ativan (aka Lorazepam, sublingual).
But I think Miss Croft would rather drink a few glasses of wine. Right Chloe?
My friend who has claustrophobia did it last Sunday. Brain MRI , took an Ativan before. They give him eyepatch, headphone etc... and put him in the wider machine. He was very nervous before but he laughed after. Don't worry! If you claustrophobic just cover your eyes with the patch and don't open ever and thinking about a carribean beach. If you not claustrophobic your feel would be great. You go girl! 
Oh, OK ... first a joke ...
What, are you afraid they will not find anything ? lol
Seriously ...
Yes, much good advice from other posters. I kind of forgot about the knocking, of course it will be louder with your head in there, but to me it was not loud to begin with ... but that is me.
I do not have any phobias.
I hate the no movement just the same.
Anyway, you are likely in there now. Hope it goes/went well for you.
Wish I could have held your hand.
Thank you.
As for my MRI, I loved it!!! When I first went in it I did all 50 states in alphabetical order and then backwards and then all the state capitals. Then I fell asleep somewhere around Columbus, Ohio..... the doc woke me up and said I was cute. I told him it was like meditating (no meds) and he said he loves MRIs and wishes he could do them every day. I agree although it's probably not good for you....
LOL
Very glad to hear that it went well. I hope that the results also are good news.Thank you.
As for my MRI, I loved it!!! When I first went in it I did all 50 states in alphabetical order and then backwards and then all the state capitals. Then I fell asleep somewhere around Columbus, Ohio..... the doc woke me up and said I was cute. I told him it was like meditating (no meds) and he said he loves MRIs and wishes he could do them every day. I agree although it's probably not good for you....
LOL
WOW!!!Thank you.
As for my MRI, I loved it!!! When I first went in it I did all 50 states in alphabetical order and then backwards and then all the state capitals. Then I fell asleep somewhere around Columbus, Ohio..... the doc woke me up and said I was cute. I told him it was like meditating (no meds) and he said he loves MRIs and wishes he could do them every day. I agree although it's probably not good for you....
LOL
You could get hooked up with the doc,and be set for life!!!
Invite him over to sample the veggies you've grown all by yourself.
If you play your cards right,he might even stay for dessert.
Of course it all might be for naught since he has just had a peek into your inner sanctum!
Hope all is well!!!
No actual knowledge, but I suspect stress.Did anyone else ever experience a headache the next day? I don't normally get headaches but have a pounding one today.
Glad to here it went well for you Miss Croft.
I went in for one when I got banged up from a hard upper body hit in hockey, & let me tell you its no place to be after a nite of boozing. Man I thought my head was pounding before I got to the hospital, holy shit balls I thought it was going to explode in there! Lesson learned
I went in for one when I got banged up from a hard upper body hit in hockey, & let me tell you its no place to be after a nite of boozing. Man I thought my head was pounding before I got to the hospital, holy shit balls I thought it was going to explode in there! Lesson learned
I've lost count of the number of MRIs of the brain I've had. For the last 16 years I've had 1 to 4 every year. Before that I had regular CT scans. It's been the consequence of a glioma diagnosis. Never had a headache the next day. An itchy nose that I can't scratch during the procedure is about the only annoying thing I've experienced in all that time.
