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Originally posted by just1tym:

Hope all goes well for you.

Thanks, Will.

I'll report back this afternoon / evening. If y'all don't hear from me, help my wife sell my guns, keep a small cut and give her the rest.

Good luck, my friend. I hope it goes well.

Pro tip: Fill your undershorts with steel ball bearings and you won't have to worry about your prostate...

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Originally posted by Oz_Shadow:
Close your eyes before they move you in and remember to breath. Keep them closed the whole time. They should have a fan on you.

It’s really the simplest procedure and your head may not even be inside the tube. Barely worse than an X-ray. It makes a lot of strange noises.

It’s only as bad as your mind makes it. Think about something else rather than fixate on being a human hot dog.

This. I have honestly had 10 MRI's in the last year. Close your eyes before you go in and you should be fine. If they play music, go for a mellow tune.

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Originally posted by V-Tail:

Cracker Barrel sounds good, too. Or Waffle House. Or any place with large portions of unhealthy food. That kind of rules out Chick-Fil-A.

You could make Chick-Fil-A less healthy by adding the waffle fries.

Good luck with the MRI. I've never had one, but I don't think it would bother me. On the other hand, I find being in a 30 year old aluminum tube 8,000 feet in the air with no clue how to put it back on the ground in one piece a bit worrisome. Especially when the guy sitting next to me that does know has had two pulmonary embolisms and doesn't manage his blood thinners well.

I’ve fallen asleep in each one I had...but I’m weird. (Didn’t use the Valium)
The noise reminds me of living on a ship.
Threw in some headphones, put on some Pink Floyd,
And slept the sleep of the righteous for 45 minutes....

Take the Valium if you are bad with tight spaces

Oh yeah, if the do contrast, it will make you feel like you peed your pants, don’t worry, it’s normal

I've had 2 MRI's of my nether regions and my head was outside of the tube. It'll be a piece of cake. They offered headphones and my preference of genre to listen to and I picked 70's soft rock. Fell asleep the second time and I'm slightly claustrophobic.

How'd it go?

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Originally posted by ArtieS:
How'd it go?

+1

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Originally posted by V-Tail:

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Originally posted by alreadydead:

It is a confined space thing and a sound thing, put yourself somewhere else inside. I wish you well.

Confined space is not happy for me, but it's only 30 minutes, I can live with it. Maybe solve a few quadratic equations or something.

Sound? Is it loud? I guess I should probably remove my hearing aids.

I recall it like being halfway in a 55 gallon drum with people beating on it with bats and hammers. Other than that, no big deal.

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Originally posted by mojojojo:

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Originally posted by ArtieS:
How'd it go?

+1

The actual procedure was simple. Go in, lie down, stay still for ten minutes, get pulled out, get an IV for better contrast, do it again for another 8 1/2 minutes, get out. Tech said that the images were very clear, good resolution.

People actually get valium for this? Sheesh!

Nothing to eat from 7:00 am to 5:00 pm, so headed for the nearest Chick-Fil-A.

As simple as the procedure was, I can not even begin to describe how fucked up the admin people were. Just unbelievable. For example, I got an email from my doc's office; they are positive that the procedure was cancelled. They certainly did not get that idea from me, I did not communicate with them at all today.

Doc is on vacation until a week from Monday, so I'll try to schedule an appointment with him to discuss the results on July 15, or as soon after that as I can get an appointment.

Or, I could just look at the CD that the MRI tech gave me, and figure it out for myself. If the images are interesting, I could always post them in the photo gallery section here.

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I recall it like being halfway in a 55 gallon drum with people beating on it with bats and hammers.

Agreed. Real MRIs aren't like what you see on doctor shows like House, where they are almost completely silent. It would be deafening if they didn't give you earphones or muffs. Also, on TV the patient is moved through them as if he or she were on a very slow conveyor belt. This is not the case either.

Best wishes V-Tail. You’ll do fine. My MRI was only from my shoulders down. When they loaded me in the tube, I told the crew, “torpedoes los!”.

I’ve seen too many WWI & WWII Archived U-boat films. That’s mostly all I thought of while they scanned me. U-boats.

The engineer in me was thinking: How about a USB thingy on the MRI machine? Bring a book on a flash drive, plug it in, book would be displayed above the patient's eyes, controlled by a remote for flipping pages, etc. Sort of like a projection version of a Kindle.

I wasn't put all the way in - my head was left sticking out - because A, my problem was at the other end, and B, I have some permanently affixed metal in my mouth.

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Originally posted by recoatlift:

Best wishes V-Tail. You’ll do fine. My MRI was only from my shoulders down. When they loaded me in the tube, I told the crew, “torpedoes los!”.

I’ve seen too many WWI & WWII Archived U-boat films. That’s mostly all I thought of while they scanned me. U-boats.

I had similar thoughts. After my four years of regular Navy, I had two years reserve. I was working at Bell Labs in NYC during my reserve time, a couple of department heads there were submarine officers, and were skipper and XO of a reserve sub training outfit in Brooklyn. I joined them for my reserve time.

My first summer reserve "cruise" was two weeks at the USN submarine school in New London. Fascinating two weeks. Got first-hand, up-close, intro to the torpedo tubes. And the escape hatch; don't forget the escape hatch!

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Originally posted by egregore:

I wasn't put all the way in - my head was left sticking out - because A, my problem was at the other end, and B, I have some permanently affixed metal in my mouth.

OOPS! Was I supposed to tell them that I have some fillings? I never thought about it.

Fillings don’t matter they are not magnetic

Didn't RTFT, but music and eyes closed. Way easier to ignore it. Fell asleep in last one.

Based on the speed of the scan and your cheerful disposition, I assume no endorectal coil was used

You cannot move in the tube. Arms can be at your sides or over your head. You cannot crawl out. Your nose is an inch or two from the tube.
I’ve had two, out of three attempts. The first time my hands hit the sides of the tube and I went off. It was impossible to try again.
Next time I had 10mg of Valium. Put a wet paper towel on my face and made it.
Same with the last time. However, they offered earphones and music. However, they waited until I was in the tube to turn it one. Full blast county! I hit the panic button, got out and fixed things.
Take the Valium.