OT: Terror in the MRI machine.... | Arthritis Information

Went in for an MRI yesterday. Filled out the mile-long questionnaire regarding metal body parts/decorations. (The question about having any buckshot lodged anywhere really cracked me up--my mind started imagining all kinds of scenarios that would leave one in that state.)

Annnywaaayys.....

Got rid of my watch and clothes that contained any metal bits.
I laid down on the table and immediately, my neck was in terrible pain and the whole length of my back felt like it had nothing but big rocks underneath it. I thought, "OMG, 20 minutes of this crap is going to feel like an eternity of pure torture". (Whine, whine, whine.)

Well, 5 minutes into the thing, I had a horrible realization that caused me to forget all about my back.
I had forgotten to take off my rings and earrings!! HI crabby hermit, that was a really funny story to read, your rings and earrings are ok, they normally don't ask me to remove mine and I have had so may MRI's its not funny, also I have become claustrophobic in the last few years and I can't have one now without sedation! Keep on visiting we could do with some more humour! Also I hope your back isn't as bad as it sounds, regards Janie. I hate MRI's as Im claustrophobic so I have to opt for an open MRI . Im not sure if yours operate in the same way but we have a button to press if we arent happy with something and we can speak to the operator by microphone.Crabby, how funny! I am still laughing! Maybe next time I need an MRI, I can think of you and I won't be such a big baby! I too opt for sedation, though that is usually not enough. Every time I have had one, I asked for the open MRI, but there was always some other big baby that had beat me to it! gold and silver are non magnetic metals so they aren't a problem in MRI'sLOL, sorry, I know it probably wasn't funny for you at the time, but I am glad you could laugh about it later and share a good chuckle with us.

I for one did not know gold and silver were okay in a MRI machine. I just got my wrist MRI last week and was asked to remove all my jewels...

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I too don't like closed MRI's.

LOL!
I can't imagine how anyone could possibly fall asleep in one of those things! Way too much racket for me.

Came home with the CDs in my hand that evening and husband wanted to know what the pictures were of, so I told him that they were "very intimate pics of my butt". Crabby,

You really had me laughing. I understand exactly how you felt in there, lol. First few times I had a belly button ring I couldn't get out, so they wrapped guaze around it and taped it so it wouldn't "burn" me. I was very claustrophobic at first, but now I close my eyes before I go in and keep them closed. I ask for lots of warm blankies and I go to sleep.

I always seem to fall asleep in the MRI. Probably because no one is yelling "MOM! He ate the last cookie!" They didn't give you a pillow to put under your neck or shoulders?? I just had another MRI yesterday and my back started to spasm as soon as I laid down and the tech immediately went and got me pillows -- which helped a lot. He also asked if I wanted a heated blanket.

Glad you didn't explode.Crabby... My MRI experiences were uneventful except that with the heated blankets and already being so tired I started to fall asleep. The awful racket was sort of like the drone of a tv or up close to ocean waves on warm sand. Sadly, I mentioned it to the tech when she asked how I was doing. She said they don't want a patient to fall asleep because there might be involuntary movement ie twitching. Not wanting to have to repeat the whole thing woke me up. So, I planned what to do when I win the lottery (if I ever bought a ticket).

I've had 43years of bowel disease with all the testing... not pleasant, but there is sedation with colonoscopies. It's all bearable, well not so much when I was full of ulcers...owwie. But, you aren't, so you can do it. Ask me anything.

CathyMarie