I'm So Embarrassed!
By celticeagle
@celticeagle (159105)
Boise, Idaho
October 26, 2016 4:44pm CST
I had a appointment to have an MRI done this afternoon. I get dressed(no fun with one bum arm that I can't lift very high at all), call the taxi and drive up to the Treasure Valley Hospital. I fill out the usual several pages of paperwork , and am led into another room and put up on a gurney. The gurney is such that my right shoulder has to fit firmly into this cup sort of thing. The nurses(two of them, one on either side of me) direct me to move this body part and then that body part, to get my shoulder snug where it needed to be. Hurt a bit to get it snug up against that cup.
So then they wheel me into the MRI room. The nurse tells me it will take about 30 minutes and has me put in some ear plugs and then she puts a head phone over my head and we fit it down over my ears. Fine. She then wheels me back a bit, oops have to move my left shoulder over on my abdomen more and on in. I am actually afraid the contraption is going to cause my left arm to break if it gets much snugger. Seriously! It is so close in there. She asks me if I was okay. NO!!!! She wheels me out again. I am in tears by this time. I am just too claustrophobic to be in that small, snug compartment for 30 minutes. If it was just for a few minutes I could make it but not 30 minutes of this way too too snug snugness. I asked her if this happens a lot and she said yes, at least once a day. I was a little relieved to hear that. Still felt bad though.
So, now I have to call the doctor's office and let them know I will have to have a open MRI. I didn't even know there was a closed and an open MRI before today.
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14 responses
@LovingMyBabies (85127)
• Valdosta, Georgia
26 Oct 16
I completely understand. I absolutely hate having an MRI done. I don't like lying on my back to begin with then being inside there and staying completely still is nearly impossible for me to handle. I couldn't do it for 30 minutes either, that's way too long! Your definitely not the only one.
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@celticeagle (159105)
• Boise, Idaho
26 Oct 16
The open one I have done before and wasn't a problem. I just meditated for awhile. But, this one is close quarters.
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@celticeagle (159105)
• Boise, Idaho
26 Oct 16
If you don't have claustrophobia it wouldn't be a big deal. The open one is fine but this closed thing was awful.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
27 Oct 16
@celticeagle That was precisely how my friends felt abut the tunnel. It is fortunate that I am not troubled by such things because I usually underwent the full cycle twice. After the first cycle they would inject a dye into my arm and send me back in so that the path of the blood could be monitored.
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@celticeagle (159105)
• Boise, Idaho
27 Oct 16
@Asylum .....Ugh! I read about ones where they give you injections. Ugh!
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@infatuatedbby (95001)
• United States
29 Oct 16
I would not be able to do snug in a tight area for that long. :(
I wonder how they will do the open MRI. I hope all goes well!
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@celticeagle (159105)
• Boise, Idaho
29 Oct 16
The open one is just that. I have had them a couple of times. Not a problem.
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@celticeagle (159105)
• Boise, Idaho
29 Oct 16
@infatuatedbby .....I didn't know there were closed and open MRIs.
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
26 Oct 16
sounds agonizing but hopefully is doing some good
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@celticeagle (159105)
• Boise, Idaho
26 Oct 16
Well, it would do some good if I could handle doing it. I am glad I have options and get the open one done.
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@celticeagle (159105)
• Boise, Idaho
27 Oct 16
@arthurchappell ....Have an appointment to get the open one.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
27 Oct 16
I only had one MRI in my life and it was in an open unit and it was still the worst thing I've ever experienced and it was an hour of pure torture.
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@celticeagle (159105)
• Boise, Idaho
27 Oct 16
Same here. I had no idea there was this closed one. The open one isn't as bad. I have had them before.
@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
27 Oct 16
@celticeagle what issues are you having with your arm?
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@celticeagle (159105)
• Boise, Idaho
27 Oct 16
@AbbyGreenhill ....It was located and the orthopedic surgeon wants to be sure I didn't tear the rotator cup. After we find out that one way or the other I should be able to start some physical therapy and get it healed and back to normal.
@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
27 Oct 16
I had to have a cloth over my eyes, then I could pretend I wasnt in a tube, those things are TINY
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@celticeagle (159105)
• Boise, Idaho
27 Oct 16
Yes, I wasn't a ware of it before. Just thought it would be an open one. I didn't know the closed type even existed.
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@celticeagle (159105)
• Boise, Idaho
27 Oct 16
@Jessicalynnt ....Really? I had no idea. Probably get a better picture.
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
27 Oct 16
@celticeagle more common than the open, that technology is much newer
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@Tampa_girl7 (49013)
• United States
27 Oct 16
Unfortunately the open MRI is not as open as I'd like.
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@xFiacre (12597)
• Ireland
26 Oct 16
@celticeagle I dread ever having to go in one of those. It wouldn't be so bad if the MIR cured your problems!
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@celticeagle (159105)
• Boise, Idaho
26 Oct 16
Really! And why does a person have to stay in there for 30 minutes? Ten maybe, but not 30.
@sallypup (57934)
• Centralia, Washington
26 Oct 16
Take heart. You just don't like to be closed in. I'm sorry you will have to go through this again. If you lived near me you could help me get through a blood draw and I'd help you get through the MRI nightmare. Gentle hugs from me for you.
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@celticeagle (159105)
• Boise, Idaho
26 Oct 16
And I would be more than happy to do that. One good turn deserves another and all of that.
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@celticeagle (159105)
• Boise, Idaho
29 Oct 16
It should. I have had them done before.
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