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Originally Posted by Koi13
Looks like my MRI is going to be without contrast as per the doctors request. Is it really claustrophobic inside that tube? I was told it takes 25 minutes inside. Is it loud inside? Hopefully they pipe some music in there to keep me occupied... 
So if my insurance is approving an MRI should I fight to get it with and without contrast because they might not allow a second MRI so I would rather get the proper MRI done the first time. |
Hope you don't mind my jumping in on this conversation, Koi, why wouldn't your neurologist request the GAD contrast test. All they have to do, is pull you out of the tube before the last 15 minutes, inject the dye and push you back in, and voila. To me, the contrast testing is important, then again, what do I know? Just a MS patient, not a doctor.
To some, it's claustrophobic, to some, it's not. Depends, are you the type of person that can relax and remain calm and cope with the time it takes to just lay still? The banging noise, is loud. My first round, the hospital that conducted the MRI's did have music. The hospital that I had MRI's at, since, does not. There is a break in the noise, as they maneuver the angles.
I usually find myself dozing off, even with the loud noise.