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Zinglons Acolyte
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having an mri
#7920621 - 01/23/08 04:55 PM (16 years, 9 days ago) |
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in like half an hour, i hope it turns up nothing
i told them i was afraid of small places so theyd give me a sedative tho
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Good luck!
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I just got back from having an MRI done
I just fell asleep, they woke me up for the injection halfway through, then I went back to sleep.
It was my first time, it was actually kind of cool
Edited by Ombient (01/23/08 04:58 PM)
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Re: having an mri [Re: Ripple]
#7920646 - 01/23/08 04:58 PM (16 years, 9 days ago) |
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i hope it turns out ok.
i used to be deathly afraid of tight spaces but i can will myself out of it. pretty much dont try to think about it is what i do.
even though you probably just told them that so they'd give you drugs i hope everything works out ok.
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Zinglons Acolyte
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they didnt give me anything 
turns out im not claustrophobic, it was kinda cozy even, im considering just getting a box to sit in for my room now lol
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champ
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Don't even talk to me about medical imaging until you have to get it done in your fucking cervix...
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Re: having an mri [Re: champ]
#7921461 - 01/23/08 07:51 PM (16 years, 9 days ago) |
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What about having a catheter inserted into your leg, threaded up an artery into your heart, around in a loop and back out your heart, then up your neck and into your brain. All so they can squirt some dye in there and take multiple x-rays of your brain.
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Re: having an mri [Re: champ]
#7921472 - 01/23/08 07:54 PM (16 years, 9 days ago) |
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My organic chemistry professor told us when we started NMR that they don't include the term nuclear with MRI because they're afraid it will scare people off. People actually know this right? Because I thought it was hilarious that he was trying to give us info that we already knew.
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Re: having an mri [Re: trendal]
#7921473 - 01/23/08 07:54 PM (16 years, 9 days ago) |
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trendal said: What about having a catheter inserted into your leg, threaded up an artery into your heart, around in a loop and back out your heart, then up your neck and into your brain. All so they can squirt some dye in there and take multiple x-rays of your brain.
Jesus man, you made me squirm in my seat. bummed me out a bit. lol
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MRI's are easy. I had my first couple done about 7 or 8 years ago, for a study on mental health (I was a control patient). They were long ones...about an hour and a half each. The first one was easy, because I could fall asleep - which I did. It seemed like it took 15 minutes! The second one wasn't so much fun, because the guy was on the speaker every few minutes to keep me from falling asleep (it would have screwed up the results).
Now I have to get an MRI every few months  At least they aren't long (30 minutes).
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Quote:
FurrowedBrow said:
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trendal said: What about having a catheter inserted into your leg, threaded up an artery into your heart, around in a loop and back out your heart, then up your neck and into your brain. All so they can squirt some dye in there and take multiple x-rays of your brain.
Jesus man, you made me squirm in my seat. bummed me out a bit. lol
Hehe...you stay awake the whole time they are doing it, too.
I got to watch them taking live video, via x-rays, of the arteries in my brain!
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Re: having an mri [Re: trendal]
#7921491 - 01/23/08 08:00 PM (16 years, 9 days ago) |
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Ok, catheter to the heart beats induced cervical dilation. I guess there's never a dull moment when you have a body...
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Zinglons Acolyte
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Re: having an mri [Re: trendal]
#7921493 - 01/23/08 08:00 PM (16 years, 9 days ago) |
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mine didnt take any longer than 5 mins, and they didnt inject me with anything 
and i dont have a cervix that needs to be imaged rofl
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Zinglons Acolyte
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mebbe u guys are thinking of something similar, this was just magnetic resonance imaging on my brain
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Zinglons Acolyte
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it came up clean
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How were the sedatives?
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Re: having an mri [Re: Ferris]
#7962007 - 01/31/08 08:32 PM (16 years, 1 day ago) |
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read fool they didn't give 'em any..
and that's great news about it coming back clean!
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