Disneylover99
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- Jul 17, 2012
It confirmed my belief that being buried alive would be really really bad.
Terri
Oh yeah.
Okay, I will take my drugs, listen to music and keep my eyes closed.
Wait......is this the 70's thread?
It confirmed my belief that being buried alive would be really really bad.
Terri
It wouldn't hurt to call ahead and ask exactly what to expect (believe me, you're not the first claustrophobic person!).
I had a bad experience, personally, with my head one because they didn't tell me that they were going to have to screw down what felt like a Hannibal Lector type plastic mask over my head so that I absolutely couldn't move it at all. I'm also overweight, and they literally had to pull the blanket tight across my shoulders to wedge me in (I had my eyes closed, but know that I was in past my elbows, and this was for a head MRI). They then switched techs partway through without telling me and when I called out, no one answered me for a second, which really freaked me out.
Honestly, I swore I would never go for another one, but....
Since then I have gone to a large city near me to an "open" MRI (which isn't really, but is at least better), and have had nothing but bearable (not positive, but not screaming mimi either) experiences.
I always ask for pillows under my knees (because of my bad back), extra blankets (because it always seems to be freezing), and for them to turn up the music REALLY loud through the headphones . I also ask that they talk to me, keep me informed as to how many minutes, how many more scans, etc. It might also help to ask "when" you can wiggle even a toe for finger, because you will start wishing you could, even though you shouldn't!
Good luck, I hope the drugs help, and that the findings are worth it .
Terri
I have had 3 MRIs of my knee done in an open MRI machine. They would have to anesthetize me to get me into a closed one.
I ended up rescheduling at a stand up sit down MRI place- they put like a hockey mask on me, didn't screw it to anything, I sat up and watched a big screen TV playing Seinfeld- I will only use that place now, never an enclosed one!
THIS sounds fabulous. After I ran screaming from the MRI center, I started looking online for a truly open MRI and found this. I don't think there was one anywhere near where we lived. I spoke to the Dr and suggested for a future investment, why not open a center with one of these!
I need to have a MRI with contrast dye for my hip. Can't be done in an open MRI-- my ortho dr has to be there to do the dye and the only facility available is not open. I looked up information about it online and it is a Really. Big. Needle.
Claustrophobia? CHECK!
Fear of needles? CHECK!
if a spider showed up I would probably just have a heart attack and die!
I told my regular doc that there is NOT enough Valium in the world to get me through that procedure-- he has assured me that there is. My solution has been to put it off for the last 3 years. I know at some point the pain and lack of mobility will cause me to have to just do it but until then the fear of the MRI and needle is greater than the pain.