Sally & Ann - I'm sure that's what she was asking me. They do have larger/open machines for larger people up to a certain weight. I don't know what they do with someone over the 500 lb weight limit of the larger machines.

Debbie- I'll be fine. I always am. I just had a brain, cervical, thoracic done in March. You would think that after 6 years of regular MRI's I'd just get used to it but I can't get over the claustrophobic feeling when I am in there. I've been this way most of my life. I finally can get in an elevator without panicking. However, if the elevator starts getting too crowded, I will get off at the next floor, whether it's the one I want or not. When I worked at the hospital and had legs that could get me up and down stairs, I had a rule. If it was above the 3rd or 4th floor, I would take the elevator. Anything below that, I would take the stairs. It was great exercise as I was up and down those stairs a lot.

I'll let you all know how it goes. I won't know the results until I meet with the neuro next week.