achtung_circus
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Sat Nov-10-07 01:58 AM
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So I just got home from my MRI. |
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I've had a few but for some reason this one freaked me out. I came within a hair of using the panic button. I had never understood why some people needed sedation for an MRI- now I do.
I felt like I was being microwaved and that my muscles were vibrating in tune with the machine.
I relaxed, breathed deeply and went to a happy place and muddled through but it was a very near thing.
Thank you for your kind attention.:hi:
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Sat Nov-10-07 02:01 AM
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1. My dear achtung_circus! |
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I am happy to hear that you made it through, and successfully!
I hope that it will provide the answers you and your doctors are looking for...
:hug:
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achtung_circus
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Sat Nov-10-07 02:04 AM
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the curve balls make us realize how much we need each other.
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CaliforniaPeggy
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Sat Nov-10-07 02:06 AM
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3. They sure do, sweetie... |
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Needing people is a big part of being human...:hug:
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Sat Nov-10-07 02:11 AM
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I'm a lil happy, but I'm also curious
:hi:
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achtung_circus
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Sat Nov-10-07 02:30 AM
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I have had epilepsy for 43 years and my neurologist decided to monkey with my medication. That caused a seizure and we're getting me "normal" again.
I thought normal was a setting on the dishwasher.
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Sat Nov-10-07 02:30 AM
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5. I had one two weeks ago |
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I have terrible claustrophobia and this was a closed machine. They had to give me 10 mg of valium before they strapped my head down. I kept my eyes squeezed shut. I am good for another six months.:)
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achtung_circus
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Sat Nov-10-07 02:31 AM
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7. My happy place was brunette. |
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Hey, whatever works, right?
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Lyric
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Sat Nov-10-07 04:39 AM
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It was an MRI of my head, so I had to have that awful head-stabilizer contraption that completely immobilized my head and neck. I got through it by closing my eyes and counting the seconds of each minute by imaging a big digital clock in my head. It was enough of a distraction to get my mind off of it, and the time went by a lot faster.
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Sat Nov-10-07 05:25 AM
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9. Hope everything is way cool. |
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As for myself, I prefer to meet Death crushed in a cage after a race, just off Dead Man's Curve! :hi:
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Sat Nov-10-07 02:54 PM
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10. Good luck with the results. |
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Sat Nov-10-07 03:02 PM
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11. I took my mother to have an MRI once |
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It was becoming pretty apparent that Alzheimer's was taking root on her so they doctor ordered an MRI. I was sitting in the waiting room when the tech brought her back. She glared at me and said, "Don't you ever do that to me again." I looked up at the tech but he just shrugged his shoulders and said, "Sorry about that," and left. I never did figure out what caused the consternation.
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Sat Nov-10-07 06:04 PM
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12. That happened to me during my last MRI. |
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It was on my lumbar spine and it actually *hurt.* Now, I've been scanned and x-rayed more times than I can count and that was a first - weird.
Anyway, glad it's over. Hope you don't have to wait too long for your results. :hi:
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Sat Nov-10-07 07:33 PM
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13. You did better than me |
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I can't do those things. They'll have to knock me out I never realized I had an aversion until I lay on the cart thingie that slides in the tube. It's PTSD they told me
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