Re: MRI Scan
Yes, I had one not long after I'd had a mini-stroke to see if there had been a bleed to the brain. Luckily, there hadn't been.Re: MRI Scan
They told me it was noisy, but it was horendous cos it's in a big tube like thing and it echoes all around you.The bed slides in and I'm a little claustraphobic and terrified of any kind of electrical machinery so that didn't help and when he said you can come out now I tried to get off it before they'd pulled me back out. It didn't hurt or anything, it was just being in it and bangs going off and I had to keep still when even my own shadow makes me jump. Mine was for my eyes so can't help with bile duct I'm afraid. But there's really nothing to worry about the scan itself it's just so noisy.Re: MRI Scan
Hi Alison I am sorry you are still having problems, here is some information on what to expect.Re: MRI Scan
My other half was booked in for an MRI scan a few months ago, but when they put her in the machine she completely freaked and had to be taken out. She suffers badly from claustrophobia (as do I) and just couldn't cope with it. I'm just as bad. I used to do a lot of mountain climbing and was once asked to be a "victim" for a mountain first aid demonstration. This involved being strapped, totally immobile into a stretcher and carried down the mountain by the rescue team. After a few seconds of immobility I started screaming for them to unstrap me and told the rescue team, "If this ever happens in real life, leave me to die - anything is preferable to that f***** straightjacket!" I guess I would be useless in an MRI scanner too!Re: MRI Scan
I too am very claustrophobic but once the medics had me in the position they required I had a panic button put in my hand, I also had the headphones with music, which was quite useless. I lay there completely frozen, then the clicking started, followed by the most horrendous noise, it was like being underneath one of those road thumping things, this continued for what seemed like hours, the clicking, the loud noise. When they rolled me out I was like jelly, my legs wouldn't hold me up, haha. The medics found this amusing and asked if I wanted to go back in for another go ! It's a completely painless procedure but if you are claustrophobic it's quite daunting.Re: MRI Scan
Everyone has more or less echoed what I've said and, to be honest, it's not an experience I wish to repeat.Re: MRI Scan
I have had a few scans on my head so cant listen to music although I felt it could have done with it in a quiet room with a noisey machine.
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