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05-30-2012, 02:39 PM | #1 | |||
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I had to share, having only posted here in this forum recently last week for the first time.
I am un-DX'd, seeing a neurologist who is considering either MS or myasthenia gravis. I just had my very first MRI of the brain and thoracic spine. It was 1 hour and 45 minutes long (whoa). I'd been prepared to take xanax if I needed it, but felt calm enough ahead of time that I didn't feel like I needed it. And I did it, without the med. I am so happy. Now I will be 'with it' enough to play with my two little boys tonight (ages 3 and 6). Thx for letting me share : ) |
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05-30-2012, 04:28 PM | #2 | |||
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i hope you get the answers you need.
that amt of time in the machine is hard but you came thru it. good for you.
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05-30-2012, 08:38 PM | #3 | |||
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YEAaaaaaaaaaaa for RP..
Let us know how it turns out.
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"Thanks for this!" says: | Dejibo (05-31-2012), restorativepose (05-31-2012) |
05-31-2012, 07:35 AM | #4 | |||
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I was terrified at mine. it was 2 and a half hours, and DH was sitting in the waiting room biting his finger nails off. I am extremely claustrophobic and cried the whole time. They kept telling me to breathe, calm down, and sit still. if I could, I would!
Im glad you are seeking answers.
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"Thanks for this!" says: | restorativepose (05-31-2012) |
05-31-2012, 02:27 PM | #5 | |||
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Congrats on making it through without the meds. I slept through about half of my first one. Now when I have them, if I can't sleep, I lay there and make up music rhythms to go with the sounds the machine is making.
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05-31-2012, 03:05 PM | #6 | ||
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With the 5 MRIs so far, I haven't been stressed by the proceedure. During the first one, I learned that I must remain as alert as possible because if I doze off, the body goes into jerks and spasms which mess everything up. That only makes the whole process take longer.
To stay awake, I go through visualizations that the magnets are somehow clearing the inflammation and halting the progression...that way the sound effects are supportive rather than distracting. |
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"Thanks for this!" says: | restorativepose (05-31-2012) |
05-31-2012, 03:20 PM | #7 | |||
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TXBatman- Your reply made me chuckle because I ended up getting so bored in that machine that all that banging made me think of a bunch of robots doing some kind of super fantastic techno dance! Funny
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"Thanks for this!" says: | SallyC (05-31-2012) |
06-01-2012, 02:06 PM | #8 | |||
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Funny that you say that...If you have Itunes, get Daft Punk's Alive 2007 live version of Around the World. Near the end of the song there is a little section that I would almost swear is a sample taken from inside an MRI machine.
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"Thanks for this!" says: | restorativepose (06-01-2012) |
06-01-2012, 02:36 PM | #9 | |||
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I envision myself inside a video game. It can get quite interesting
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"Thanks for this!" says: | SallyC (06-01-2012) |
06-02-2012, 07:51 PM | #10 | |||
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Wow, I do this too...the last one was so long (I was moving-so they told me), that I was trying to arrange it to the "Night on Bald Mountain" music. It works...except for that last, really loud !PINNGG!
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