All of the MRIs that I've had have made a fair amount of noise...but I'm weird and am perfectly OK with the kind of fun Star Wars rhythm to it .

Mariel, I'm wondering if your "quiet" MRIs may have been CAT scans.

With love Erika

No no no Erika. All the MRI's I've had have caused noise, but this one was just so much noisier. I had not had a CAT scan until I went to Mayo 3 years ago, for a workup on the Polycythemia Vera. Since then I had another CAT scan when I fell down the stairs in Seattle. Both times there was no noise, but I saw an exploding light in my head during the CAT scan, which they said was impossible. Not impossible for me. I HATE CAT scans and I hope I don't fall down and have to have another one. The exploding light in my head made me nauseous.