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Originally Posted by Dejibo
Laying on my back HURTS! i have old fractures of L4 and L5 and even tho they use those blocks under my knees it still sets off painful waves of spasms. I have gastroparesis so laying me flat causes my stomach contents (even 12 hours past a meal) to rush up my throat and into my mouth, and I feel like I am choking and cant swallow properly. When you choke, you automatically want to sit bolt upright. I am prone to nasty head aches when i lay flat without neck support as well. They have huge pillows they can shove under my neck, or ones that are way too small to be effective. So, between the mouth full of vomit, the stomach cramps from anxiety, and the back ache followed by the blinding headache I am a wreck. I havent even mentioned the anxiety yet. I think part of it is that I will choke to death or inhale it before they can get to me.
I really hate this stupid disease!
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OMGosh! Dej, this is where your anxiety is coming from.
I would be a wreck too. Did you explain all this to the neuro? He/she may have another solution for you. I could see where being knocked out would be less stressful for you. Plus, if I remember right, you had a bad experience when you were in the tube once before - although extremely rare. So add ALL this together and MRI's are definitely a difficult thing for you.
BTW - I can't remember who mentioned putting something over there eyes but . . .There is no freaking way I could ever do that while in the tube. That makes it worse for me. I do ask them to put the mirror on so that when I open my eyes and look I can see out and see that humans are there. (Of course, the time I took too much lorazepam I saw ghost dogs moving around on the screens in the techs room.
) Also, for me, I like it when they tell me how much time. Like a minute is a drop in the hat. I can do that. Plus, it helps me keep track of how much time I have left in there. I can get the brain and cervical spine done in no more than 40 minutes so I can start subtracting in my mind if the lorazepam hasn't hit me too hard. It keeps my mind busy.