Anyone ever had an MRI?
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I think I may going in for one on my knee tomorrow and want to know what it's like...
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It's easy and takes about 20 minutes. They don't stick you all the way in the machine, my upper chest and head were sticking out of the machine.
It's easy.
If they can't get a good scan they have to inject a blue dye into your hand or something. I didn't need it, just had to agree to it just in case. My roomate had a full body MRI and had to have the dye, but they were looking at his spine.
I got my MRI results last week. Torn ACL :thumbdown: Surgery on June 22nd.
Glad it happened while I'm covered this time.
they usually do that for CT scans. MRI do not need dyes or cooling since it is purely magnetic. it is nothing to worry about, it just is loud.
I had an MRI recently and I had the dye and an injection to stop my digestive organs from working temporarily. I went full body in and it was quite scary to be honest :( I had one on my head 10 years ago too... that wasn't particularly nice either.
I may have to have one on my chest later this year... I'm becoming an MRI vet!
They're fine if you calm down, stay still and aren't claustrophobic!
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My happy spot was an epic mountain bike ride... visualized almost the entire trail.
I did three in college for medical experiments - made $250 a pop to play rock paper scissors and other similar activities with a keypad while it monitored my brain waves and got some cool pictures of my brain.
Then I tore my acl my senior year in college and actually had to get one for medical reasons.
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it was uncomfortable as far as being claustrophbic goes...
it doesn't help matters much being a big dude.
those fuckin machines can be pretty small..
i was pretty uncomfortable.
i hear some hospitals have big huge mri setups while others do not.
what grinds my gears is that i need a knee replacement, like now...
the bad thing is im to young.
they like the patient to be 55 years old or so.
they say the new knee is only good for 20 years or so.
so i have bone on bone in my knees.
thanks for the cortisone injections.... them fuckers hurt pretty good
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especially if its for a knee. you're upper body will be outside of the machine.
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most places let you listen to music. last one i did, i brought in my ipod and they hooked it up to their system. so that helped pass the time. that mri was also for my neck so it was a much worse experience than a knee. i am clausterphobic and being all the way in that thing was rough. plus i could not budge my head even a little bit. it was awful.
a knee, though, should be no problem.
"Hear me, my chiefs!
I am tired; my heart is
sick and sad. From where
the sun stands I will fight
no more forever."
Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
You know what, now that you mention it, they had their own headphones and asked me what kind of music I liked. I told them rock and alternative rock and that is what I listened to. I guess since it was music I liked I was thinking it was my own.
The second time (at a different place), I wouldn't bet money on it, but thought I had my own iPod.
I didn't have to take off jewelry or anything. I left my jeans on which had a metal zipper and a metal button.
MRIs don't use x-ray photography, though.
Here are some differences between MRIs and CTs:
http://www.listen-up.org/med/ct_mri.htm
my mom had two tears in her meniscus and she had an arthroscopy yesterday. I thought she was all the way inside the machine. I've had two MRI's on my brain, 1 with dye, and 1 w/o. I've had my neck done and my lower back. I tend to be claustrophobic so I took valium. I think I was in there 40 mins for the brain one.
good luck!
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The neck - gads that must have been awful.
They offered me to listen to music but didn't have the option for connecting an ipod, so it was just piped in through their crappy headphones, and it didn't come in really well, so I just gave up on it.
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