so I had my first MRI yesterday...

Lathum · 04-05-2006, 11:38 AM

The MRI went fine and I thought it was cool when they told me that my girlfriend could sit in the room with me. That was until the tech told me that the procedure would take 27 minutes and my girlfriend could talk all she wants but I couldn't talk back because it would mess up the scan. You can imagine the rest.

WSUCougar · 04-05-2006, 11:40 AM

Sounds like one of those Bud Light stunt commercials.

rkmsuf · 04-05-2006, 11:43 AM

I bet farting really throws the thing off.

PSUColonel · 04-05-2006, 11:59 AM

The very same thing happened to me...only I didn't mind. I let her talk and talk and talk, and guess what? not once did I have to hear ":are you listening to me?" I just tuned her out and that was it. Seriously though..she was real goodabout it, she works for the MRI company and got me in pretty quickly, they took good care of me.

JS19 · 04-05-2006, 12:57 PM

I too recently had my first MRI. They had me doped out on some sort of drugs, morphine i think, so I don't really remember much. All I remember is very loud noises and I was told it took about 45 minutes.

INDalltheway · 04-05-2006, 07:00 PM

I slept through mine and keep finding myself waking up and sort of jumping because I didn't know where I was. Most definitely a long, boring process.

terpkristin · 04-05-2006, 07:05 PM

I've had a few MRI's in my day. 4, actually, if I count correctly.

I always fall asleep in them. It's always funny, because every time I have one, I tell them, no big, just give me the earplugs and wake me when it's done and they always think I'm joking, and proceed to tell me what to do in case I get nervous, etc.

I don't know if I could have MRI's now. I'm not sure about what exactly is in my ankle (titanium, I assume, but I'm not sure) and what bad things might happen if I were to have a scan anywhere on the lower half of my body...

/tk

Galaxy · 04-05-2006, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by terpkristin

I've had a few MRI's in my day. 4, actually, if I count correctly.

I always fall asleep in them. It's always funny, because every time I have one, I tell them, no big, just give me the earplugs and wake me when it's done and they always think I'm joking, and proceed to tell me what to do in case I get nervous, etc.

I don't know if I could have MRI's now. I'm not sure about what exactly is in my ankle (titanium, I assume, but I'm not sure) and what bad things might happen if I were to have a scan anywhere on the lower half of my body...

/tk

You probably have titanium in your ankle. I have it in my jaw on both sides. It's safe for MRI's. I asked my surgeon that question, and said it's not magentic.

As for MRI's, I problably have had around 7-8 in my 22 years of existence. No big deal to me.

RainMaker · 06-07-2009, 08:44 PM

Had my first Friday and I didn't handle it as well as the rest of you. I never thought of myself as claustrophobic but this pushed every nerve I have. Felt like I was being buried alive and I was counting the seconds till I was out. All in all it took about 45 minutes. I probably would have freaked out after 10 minutes but the nurse was really hot and I couldn't look like a pussy in front of her.

Peregrine · 06-07-2009, 08:51 PM

I've had quite a few, and like terpkristin, I always fall asleep in them.

Logan · 06-07-2009, 08:59 PM

I've only had one, and it was a pretty bad experience. Not from claustrophobia at all though. I was having it on my shoulder thanks to a ton of rotator cuff pain and I guess to focus the scan they basically placed this C-shaped contraption around my shoulder. I was already having trouble laying perfectly still, and this god damn thing was pressing right into the spot that was killing me so I was tensing up from the pain, which made all my muscles slightly shake as time went on, which made the guy stop the scan and give me more warnings about how we'd have to start over. Don't know if the guy was BSing me or not but he said the shoulder is one of the toughest parts to get a clean scan of.

Yeah, didn't like it.

M GO BLUE!!! · 06-07-2009, 09:06 PM

I'm claustrophobic as hell, so when I had one on my head a few months ago it was 45 minutes that felt like 4 hours. It really is an experience in sensory deprivation.

sterlingice · 06-07-2009, 09:30 PM

The last time this thread was up, it was 2006. tk has to be up to like 8 MRIs now

SI

Chief Rum · 06-07-2009, 11:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Logan

I've only had one, and it was a pretty bad experience. Not from claustrophobia at all though. I was having it on my shoulder thanks to a ton of rotator cuff pain and I guess to focus the scan they basically placed this C-shaped contraption around my shoulder. I was already having trouble laying perfectly still, and this god damn thing was pressing right into the spot that was killing me so I was tensing up from the pain, which made all my muscles slightly shake as time went on, which made the guy stop the scan and give me more warnings about how we'd have to start over. Don't know if the guy was BSing me or not but he said the shoulder is one of the toughest parts to get a clean scan of.

Yeah, didn't like it.

Warnings? Sonofa...I would told that guy to fuck off. Give him the pain and see how he does.

Passacaglia · 06-08-2009, 10:39 AM

oh good, old thread -- I was wondering what was up with Lathum having a girlfriend

Mustang · 06-08-2009, 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Lathum

That was until the tech told me that the procedure would take 27 minutes and my girlfriend could talk all she wants

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Ammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm *thump thump thump thump*

MRI Sounds >>> 27 minutes of girlfriend talking unabated.

Lathum · 06-08-2009, 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Passacaglia

oh good, old thread -- I was wondering what was up with Lathum having a girlfriend

lol, I'm not Render.

flere-imsaho · 06-08-2009, 01:17 PM

I've had one - and it almost put me to sleep.

B & B · 06-08-2009, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by sterlingice

The last time this thread was up, it was 2006. tk has to be up to like 8 MRIs now

SI

By my calculations, she's 1/4 bionic by now.

RendeR · 06-08-2009, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Lathum

lol, I'm not Render.

Yeah, not all of us can be this awesome

(fucker)

CamEdwards · 06-08-2009, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by flere-imsaho

I've had one - and it almost put me to sleep.

Girlfriend or MRI? That statement could easily apply to both, you know

flere-imsaho · 06-08-2009, 03:58 PM

Thankfully, none of my breakups were so bitter as to make me refer to former girlfriends as "it".

lordscarlet · 06-08-2009, 04:25 PM

I have to have one every year or two to check on my brain tumor. It always puts me to sleep or close to it.

sterlingice · 06-08-2009, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by lordscarlet

I have to have one every year or two to check on my brain tumor. It always puts me to sleep or close to it.

Brain tumor? Oof- I must have missed this story.

SI

Lathum · 06-08-2009, 05:31 PM

terpkristin · 06-08-2009, 06:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sterlingice

The last time this thread was up, it was 2006. tk has to be up to like 8 MRIs now

SI

Um.
9, I think.

Last one was on my hand last October. That one was the first one I didn't fall asleep. In order to get an MRI of your hand, they usually have you lay on your stomach with your arm extended so it's like you're raising your hand. Then they lock in your hand. Bothered the part of my hand that hurt, but even more bothered my shoulder by keeping it torqued in a funny position (I've had previous surgeries on both shoulders and they have a tendency to slide out on their own).

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Originally Posted by B & B

By my calculations, she's 1/4 bionic by now.

Next 2 doctor's visits: neurologist end of the month and ankle surgeon mid-July...give it time...

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Originally Posted by sterlingice

Brain tumor? Oof- I must have missed this story.

I believe it's come up before, maybe in a FTB? Or some other hospital thread where we discussed doctors/medical experiences?

/tk

lordscarlet · 06-09-2009, 07:55 AM

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Originally Posted by sterlingice

Brain tumor? Oof- I must have missed this story.

SI

Hm. I swear I saved an old blog post about it, but I can't find it now. I have an Acoustic Neuroma. When "they" talk about an increased risk of brain tumors from cell phone usage, that's what I have (not that it is necessarily from cell phone usage). It is benign, and essentially the only side effect is a loss of hearing on one side (and the occasional tinnitus). Eventually I will need to have it removed because it could get large enough that it presses on the next nerve, which would cause facial paralysis. The technology is advancing every day, and there are a few procedures involving radiation(?) that basically fry the tumor and it is an out-patient procedure.

For now it is small enough that the risks of removing it are greater than the risks of leaving it in.

I have a digital copy of my MRIs, and I would post a picture of it, but I have no idea what I'm looking at. Maybe EF27 can look at them.

Mizzou B-ball fan · 06-09-2009, 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by lordscarlet

I have a digital copy of my MRIs, and I would post a picture of it, but I have no idea what I'm looking at. Maybe EF27 can look at them.

I'd love to take a look at them if you do get around to posting them.

lordscarlet · 06-09-2009, 08:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Mizzou B-ball fan

I'd love to take a look at them if you do get around to posting them.

Well, I have a few hundred or thousand images, of which I imagine only about 5 are relevant. I just don't know which 5 those are.

flere-imsaho · 06-09-2009, 08:49 AM

Look at it this way, if you post a few hundred images, you'll keep MBBF from browsing right-wing websites looking for his next posting fodder for a while. You'd be doing us all a service!

I KEED! I KEED!

Mizzou B-ball fan · 06-09-2009, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by flere-imsaho

Look at it this way, if you post a few hundred images, you'll keep MBBF from browsing right-wing websites looking for his next posting fodder for a while. You'd be doing us all a service!

I KEED! I KEED!

Hater.

I'm actually somewhat of an amateur radiologist. Translated, my wife is a radiologist that works from home and I like to peek over her shoulder from time to time and try to figure out if I can see any problem areas. I'm actually getting pretty good at it. I also stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night.

lordscarlet · 06-09-2009, 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Mizzou B-ball fan

Hater.

I'm actually somewhat of an amateur radiologist. Translated, my wife is a radiologist that works from home and I like to peek over her shoulder from time to time and try to figure out if I can see any problem areas. I'm actually getting pretty good at it. I also stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night.

Does she happen to have some program called "Web Ambassador"?

flere-imsaho · 06-09-2009, 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Mizzou B-ball fan

...I like to peek over her shoulder from time to time...

...I also stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night.

Are these two items related?

Mizzou B-ball fan · 06-09-2009, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by flere-imsaho

Are these two items related?

I do what I need to do.

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Logan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: NYC	I've only had one, and it was a pretty bad experience. Not from claustrophobia at all though. I was having it on my shoulder thanks to a ton of rotator cuff pain and I guess to focus the scan they basically placed this C-shaped contraption around my shoulder. I was already having trouble laying perfectly still, and this god damn thing was pressing right into the spot that was killing me so I was tensing up from the pain, which made all my muscles slightly shake as time went on, which made the guy stop the scan and give me more warnings about how we'd have to start over. Don't know if the guy was BSing me or not but he said the shoulder is one of the toughest parts to get a clean scan of. Yeah, didn't like it. Last edited by Logan : 06-07-2009 at 09:00 PM.

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PSUColonel Banned Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Wayne, PA	The very same thing happened to me...only I didn't mind. I let her talk and talk and talk, and guess what? not once did I have to hear ":are you listening to me?" I just tuned her out and that was it. Seriously though..she was real goodabout it, she works for the MRI company and got me in pretty quickly, they took good care of me.

04-05-2006, 12:57 PM	#5
JS19 College Prospect Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: NY	I too recently had my first MRI. They had me doped out on some sort of drugs, morphine i think, so I don't really remember much. All I remember is very loud noises and I was told it took about 45 minutes.

04-05-2006, 07:00 PM	#6
INDalltheway College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Chicago	I slept through mine and keep finding myself waking up and sort of jumping because I didn't know where I was. Most definitely a long, boring process.

06-07-2009, 08:44 PM	#9
RainMaker General Manager Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chicago, IL	Had my first Friday and I didn't handle it as well as the rest of you. I never thought of myself as claustrophobic but this pushed every nerve I have. Felt like I was being buried alive and I was counting the seconds till I was out. All in all it took about 45 minutes. I probably would have freaked out after 10 minutes but the nurse was really hot and I couldn't look like a pussy in front of her.

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Peregrine Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Cary, NC	I've had quite a few, and like terpkristin, I always fall asleep in them.

06-07-2009, 09:06 PM	#12
M GO BLUE!!! Pro Starter Join Date: Sep 2005	I'm claustrophobic as hell, so when I had one on my head a few months ago it was 45 minutes that felt like 4 hours. It really is an experience in sensory deprivation.

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Passacaglia Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Big Ten Country	oh good, old thread -- I was wondering what was up with Lathum having a girlfriend

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flere-imsaho Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Chicagoland	I've had one - and it almost put me to sleep.

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flere-imsaho Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Chicagoland	Thankfully, none of my breakups were so bitter as to make me refer to former girlfriends as "it".

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