Comments on: I Had an MRI http://idothings.info/i-had-an-mri-so-you-dont-have-to/ Fri, 11 May 2012 17:47:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: mritechniciansalary http://idothings.info/i-had-an-mri-so-you-dont-have-to/comment-page-2/#comment-100366 mritechniciansalary Wed, 30 Mar 2011 02:04:28 +0000 http://idothings.info/?p=4613#comment-100366 Great story! Very funny and a little disturbing. No ear plugs? I would opt for the sedatives also, but the techs should do everything possible to make you feel as comfortable as they can but... you know some people have a job just to collect a paycheck and just don't care! And BTW I'm not a medical pro but your spine (if thats what it is in the pic) looks crooked.. Maybe you have too many tadpoles on one side than the other Lol! <a href="//mritechniciansalary.weebly.com”">MRI Technician Salary</a> Great story! Very funny and a little disturbing. No ear plugs? I would opt for the sedatives also, but the techs should do everything possible
to make you feel as comfortable as they can but… you know some people have a job just to collect a paycheck and just don’t care!

And BTW I’m not a medical pro but your spine (if thats what it is in the pic) looks crooked..
Maybe you have too many tadpoles on one side than the other Lol!

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]]> By: Viktoria http://idothings.info/i-had-an-mri-so-you-dont-have-to/comment-page-2/#comment-93979 Viktoria Tue, 06 Apr 2010 22:49:08 +0000 http://idothings.info/?p=4613#comment-93979 As a scrap of new, random information, there's a disc between the vertebrae that's swollen and squeezes some nerves in my spine so signals get mixed up along the way. The swelling will go down on its own, I'm told, and I'll be fine. :) So the squiggly I thought looked funny *was* an injury. As a scrap of new, random information, there’s a disc between the vertebrae that’s swollen and squeezes some nerves in my spine so signals get mixed up along the way. The swelling will go down on its own, I’m told, and I’ll be fine. :)

So the squiggly I thought looked funny *was* an injury.

]]> By: Viktoria http://idothings.info/i-had-an-mri-so-you-dont-have-to/comment-page-2/#comment-93866 Viktoria Fri, 02 Apr 2010 19:44:09 +0000 http://idothings.info/?p=4613#comment-93866 The whiplash is a simple result of a car accident I was in while on duty. The guy whose fault it was is charged with driving without a license, driving a car with unpaid taxes, DUI (drugs, not alcohol) and oh, for my injury. He'll have a fun day in court... I did not sue the guy for my injury separately, as I'm moving abroad and can't stick around for a court date... He'll get what he deserves, I'm sure. The muscle tension around my injured neck triggers migraines as it shifts and affects arteries and neural pathways. Got to see the 3D renderings of my brain last night, thanks to a friend who's a med student and has the diagnostic software. It's freaky how you can recognise your face in the scans. The insides of my eyeballs are pretty creepy to look at, too. And why the heck would I need to be sedated for a non-invasive procedure? I'm claustrophobic, but I've also got the self-control and patience of a martial artist and a trained sniper, a little discomfort can be tolerated as long as you can distract your mind from the situation you're in, be it a trench, a dojo or in the bowels of a huge superconductive two tesla magnetic field that's generated by superconductive electromagnetic sirquits cooled with cryogenic gases that'd in a worst case scenario not only asphyxiate me if the machine were to leak, but would also freeze me (cryogases) and fry me (magnets generate insane amounts of heat if the cooling system fails), or be pierced by a metal object that turns into a bullet-like projectile within the magnetic field of the MRI... Anyways, had I been sedated, I'd have been too relaxed, as they were scanning for soft tissue damage from the whiplash. I endured it well enough. I've had teeth pulled without anaesthetics, I think a clanking machine isn't that bad. Why would you need sedation unless you're a fidgety six-year old? :) The whiplash is a simple result of a car accident I was in while on duty. The guy whose fault it was is charged with driving without a license, driving a car with unpaid taxes, DUI (drugs, not alcohol) and oh, for my injury. He’ll have a fun day in court… I did not sue the guy for my injury separately, as I’m moving abroad and can’t stick around for a court date… He’ll get what he deserves, I’m sure.

The muscle tension around my injured neck triggers migraines as it shifts and affects arteries and neural pathways. Got to see the 3D renderings of my brain last night, thanks to a friend who’s a med student and has the diagnostic software. It’s freaky how you can recognise your face in the scans. The insides of my eyeballs are pretty creepy to look at, too.

And why the heck would I need to be sedated for a non-invasive procedure? I’m claustrophobic, but I’ve also got the self-control and patience of a martial artist and a trained sniper, a little discomfort can be tolerated as long as you can distract your mind from the situation you’re in, be it a trench, a dojo or in the bowels of a huge superconductive two tesla magnetic field that’s generated by superconductive electromagnetic sirquits cooled with cryogenic gases that’d in a worst case scenario not only asphyxiate me if the machine were to leak, but would also freeze me (cryogases) and fry me (magnets generate insane amounts of heat if the cooling system fails), or be pierced by a metal object that turns into a bullet-like projectile within the magnetic field of the MRI…

Anyways, had I been sedated, I’d have been too relaxed, as they were scanning for soft tissue damage from the whiplash. I endured it well enough. I’ve had teeth pulled without anaesthetics, I think a clanking machine isn’t that bad. Why would you need sedation unless you’re a fidgety six-year old? :)

]]> By: JD http://idothings.info/i-had-an-mri-so-you-dont-have-to/comment-page-2/#comment-93839 JD Thu, 01 Apr 2010 22:47:31 +0000 http://idothings.info/?p=4613#comment-93839 <b>Anne:</b> Well, I hope you never need another MRI, but if you do, take a tip from Dr. JD and pre-medicate! With sedatives! Seriously, ask your (real) doctor. Everyone does it. And it makes such a difference. <b>Maureen:</b> HA! I don't know why they give me copies of everything. My closet is stuffed with X-rays, MRIs, and other reports and various CDs. Maybe I can sell them on e-bay or something. Or give them to YOUR patients! <b>Heather Kephart:</b> Oh, god, I hope they're not tadpoles. My doctor would neither confirm nor deny that they ARE tadpoles. So they're probably tadpoles. Oh, gross. <b>Viktoria:</b> OK, I had to Google "Goa'uld" because I do not watch <em>Stargate</em>. INTERESTING! I'm sorry you have migraines. AND whiplash? Or are the migraines the result of whiplash? I hope there was no other damage. And I hope you at least POST-sedated afterward. It seems like you deserve it. Anne: Well, I hope you never need another MRI, but if you do, take a tip from Dr. JD and pre-medicate! With sedatives! Seriously, ask your (real) doctor. Everyone does it. And it makes such a difference.

Maureen: HA! I don’t know why they give me copies of everything. My closet is stuffed with X-rays, MRIs, and other reports and various CDs. Maybe I can sell them on e-bay or something. Or give them to YOUR patients!

Heather Kephart: Oh, god, I hope they’re not tadpoles. My doctor would neither confirm nor deny that they ARE tadpoles. So they’re probably tadpoles. Oh, gross.

Viktoria: OK, I had to Google “Goa’uld” because I do not watch Stargate. INTERESTING! I’m sorry you have migraines. AND whiplash? Or are the migraines the result of whiplash? I hope there was no other damage. And I hope you at least POST-sedated afterward. It seems like you deserve it.

]]> By: Viktoria http://idothings.info/i-had-an-mri-so-you-dont-have-to/comment-page-2/#comment-93825 Viktoria Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:51:36 +0000 http://idothings.info/?p=4613#comment-93825 Being sedated for an MRI? Right... That's a first. I intentionally did not take any muscle relaxing pain medication or anything before the procedure, because they were looking at whiplash injuries from a car accident. Next time I'll bring my own CD, their idea of "classical music" is not compatible with the noise... Forty minutes for my procedure, no sedation so no grogginess or trouble driving, though you can see from the scans how a migraine attack develops around my brain stem and spreads to the whole head in the dilated arteries. I'm in the process of photoshopping a Goa'uld into my brain stem. Just for the heck of it ;) Being sedated for an MRI? Right… That’s a first. I intentionally did not take any muscle relaxing pain medication or anything before the procedure, because they were looking at whiplash injuries from a car accident. Next time I’ll bring my own CD, their idea of “classical music” is not compatible with the noise…

Forty minutes for my procedure, no sedation so no grogginess or trouble driving, though you can see from the scans how a migraine attack develops around my brain stem and spreads to the whole head in the dilated arteries. I’m in the process of photoshopping a Goa’uld into my brain stem. Just for the heck of it ;)

]]> By: Heather Kephart http://idothings.info/i-had-an-mri-so-you-dont-have-to/comment-page-2/#comment-90688 Heather Kephart Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:56:41 +0000 http://idothings.info/?p=4613#comment-90688 You are so brave, Julia! To be honest, I think the white things are reminiscent of tadpoles. :) .-= Heather Kephart´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/heatherkephart/~3/b0D3EC4DzEs/">Interview: DiTesco of iBlogZone</a> =-. You are so brave, Julia! To be honest, I think the white things are reminiscent of tadpoles. :)
.-= Heather Kephart´s last blog ..Interview: DiTesco of iBlogZone =-.

]]> By: Maureen http://idothings.info/i-had-an-mri-so-you-dont-have-to/comment-page-2/#comment-90686 Maureen Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:10:13 +0000 http://idothings.info/?p=4613#comment-90686 They GIVE you your scan??? Holy crap! They HIDE them from patients up here. "Lemme look!" "No!" "Aw, come on..." "No! It looks erm, 'fine'...." "Let me see!" "No! You just have to take my word for it. You're 'fine'. " But at least it doesn't cost $400. .-= Maureen´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.ratherbeblogging.com/2009/12/nightmare-before-christmas.html">The Nightmare Before Christmas</a> =-. They GIVE you your scan??? Holy crap! They HIDE them from patients up here.

“Lemme look!”

“No!”

“Aw, come on…”

“No! It looks erm, ‘fine’….”

“Let me see!”

“No! You just have to take my word for it. You’re ‘fine’. ”

But at least it doesn’t cost $400.
.-= Maureen´s last blog ..The Nightmare Before Christmas =-.

]]> By: Anne http://idothings.info/i-had-an-mri-so-you-dont-have-to/comment-page-2/#comment-90672 Anne Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:08:57 +0000 http://idothings.info/?p=4613#comment-90672 The sedative is just genius! I hate MRIs, but I bet with a few sedatives, it would be much, much better. I have had the in-tube anxiety attack. The sedative is just genius! I hate MRIs, but I bet with a few sedatives, it would be much, much better. I have had the in-tube anxiety attack.

]]> By: JD http://idothings.info/i-had-an-mri-so-you-dont-have-to/comment-page-2/#comment-90637 JD Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:00:45 +0000 http://idothings.info/?p=4613#comment-90637 <b>kathcom:</b> Man, I need to get a brain MRI. That sounds so awesome. I hope your brain is OK. No, I don't think MRIs are quite as bad as some people warn. Obviously if you're claustrophobic or prone to panic attacks, it's pretty bad. But for my first one, the technician went out of her way to ask if I was OK, etc. According to a vet who commented above, those white spots are fatty deposits. I prefer gas bubbles myself. <b>MomZombie:</b> Aw, thank you. And you're welcome! I have a mixture of fascination and dread when it comes to looking at X-rays or MRIs. On one hand, I just really don't want to know what goes on in there. On the other . . . what the hell is going ON in there? <b>Keith:</b> Thanks! Yes, I know. I'm glad I skipped that part of the experience. kathcom: Man, I need to get a brain MRI. That sounds so awesome. I hope your brain is OK. No, I don’t think MRIs are quite as bad as some people warn. Obviously if you’re claustrophobic or prone to panic attacks, it’s pretty bad. But for my first one, the technician went out of her way to ask if I was OK, etc. According to a vet who commented above, those white spots are fatty deposits. I prefer gas bubbles myself.

MomZombie: Aw, thank you. And you’re welcome! I have a mixture of fascination and dread when it comes to looking at X-rays or MRIs. On one hand, I just really don’t want to know what goes on in there. On the other . . . what the hell is going ON in there?

Keith: Thanks! Yes, I know. I’m glad I skipped that part of the experience.

]]> By: Keith http://idothings.info/i-had-an-mri-so-you-dont-have-to/comment-page-1/#comment-90633 Keith Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:02:52 +0000 http://idothings.info/?p=4613#comment-90633 Great Post. Panic attacks can be scary. .-= Keith´s last blog ..<a href="http://panicattackhelponline.com/94"></a> =-. Great Post. Panic attacks can be scary.
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