Comments on: MRI’ll Do Whatever You Want If You Let Me Out Of Here http://blog.xcski.com/2007/09/27/mrill-do-whatever-you-want-if-you-let-me-out-of-here Everything I used to bore people on newsgroups and mailing lists with, now in one inconvenient place. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:54:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: jkeith http://blog.xcski.com/2007/09/27/mrill-do-whatever-you-want-if-you-let-me-out-of-here#comment-55144 jkeith Wed, 03 Oct 2007 03:03:25 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/2007/09/27/mrill-do-whatever-you-want-if-you-let-me-out-of-here#comment-55144 The reason they cannot give you a break is loss of reference. Initially, a pilot scan was done. The rest of the exam is based on that pilot. If you radically moved your arm, a pilot has to be done again. The series protocol is set up on the pilot scan. Small frequency shifts are what controls the contiguous "slices". The ring that you put your arm through is a receiving coil. It gives a cleaner image than if the scan was done in the larger body coil. It is an antenna that receives info from flipped hydrogen protons in your arm. The reason they cannot give you a break is loss of reference. Initially, a pilot scan was done. The rest of the exam is based on that pilot. If you radically moved your arm, a pilot has to be done again. The series protocol is set up on the pilot scan. Small frequency shifts are what controls the contiguous “slices”. The ring that you put your arm through is a receiving coil. It gives a cleaner image than if the scan was done in the larger body coil. It is an antenna that receives info from flipped hydrogen protons in your arm.

]]> By: Gordon http://blog.xcski.com/2007/09/27/mrill-do-whatever-you-want-if-you-let-me-out-of-here#comment-54245 Gordon Fri, 28 Sep 2007 22:54:44 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/2007/09/27/mrill-do-whatever-you-want-if-you-let-me-out-of-here#comment-54245 Sounds pretty miserable, but at least they didn't forget about you: http://www.cbc.ca/cp/Oddities/070928/K092808AU.html Sounds pretty miserable, but at least they didn’t forget about you: http://www.cbc.ca/cp/Oddities/070928/K092808AU.html

]]> By: Mark http://blog.xcski.com/2007/09/27/mrill-do-whatever-you-want-if-you-let-me-out-of-here#comment-54185 Mark Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:40:41 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/2007/09/27/mrill-do-whatever-you-want-if-you-let-me-out-of-here#comment-54185 I can't imagine enduring something for that long when it's painful. When I had several MRI's on my neck (previous to my spinal fusion there) they were tediously long - at one point I spent nearly 3 hours in the MRI, with some images taking upwards of 30 minutes each before they let me rest a bit. Thankfully I'm not claustrophobic in any sense, nor was I in any pain the way they had me situated, so other then being tediously boring, at least it was tolerable. I can’t imagine enduring something for that long when it’s painful.

When I had several MRI’s on my neck (previous to my spinal fusion there) they were tediously long - at one point I spent nearly 3 hours in the MRI, with some images taking upwards of 30 minutes each before they let me rest a bit.

Thankfully I’m not claustrophobic in any sense, nor was I in any pain the way they had me situated, so other then being tediously boring, at least it was tolerable.

]]> By: Jen http://blog.xcski.com/2007/09/27/mrill-do-whatever-you-want-if-you-let-me-out-of-here#comment-53948 Jen Fri, 28 Sep 2007 01:34:42 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/2007/09/27/mrill-do-whatever-you-want-if-you-let-me-out-of-here#comment-53948 Oh, I'm really sorry you had such a bad experience. I had to have an MRI a few years ago when I was having severe headaches and it wasn't fun. I think I only managed to get through it by forcing myself to stick to not opening my eyes and deciding to find the thumping interesting. I was very, very close to freaking out in the tube. I hope some good comes out of it. Oh, I’m really sorry you had such a bad experience. I had to have an MRI a few years ago when I was having severe headaches and it wasn’t fun. I think I only managed to get through it by forcing myself to stick to not opening my eyes and deciding to find the thumping interesting. I was very, very close to freaking out in the tube. I hope some good comes out of it.

]]> By: JoAnne http://blog.xcski.com/2007/09/27/mrill-do-whatever-you-want-if-you-let-me-out-of-here#comment-53784 JoAnne Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:05:22 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/2007/09/27/mrill-do-whatever-you-want-if-you-let-me-out-of-here#comment-53784 God that is so awful. I hope they get good information from it. And I wish they would tell people ahead of time. It's like they think you're still three years old and they have to trick you into submitting to something by lying to you. If they said up front, "this position we're putting you in will probably cause spasming. But [guesswork here] because MRI time is so expensive your insurance won't cover the downtime while we would take a break to let your pull out your arm and relax between series. So we're doing it all at once. It will not be fun." God that is so awful. I hope they get good information from it.

And I wish they would tell people ahead of time. It’s like they think you’re still three years old and they have to trick you into submitting to something by lying to you. If they said up front, “this position we’re putting you in will probably cause spasming. But [guesswork here] because MRI time is so expensive your insurance won’t cover the downtime while we would take a break to let your pull out your arm and relax between series. So we’re doing it all at once. It will not be fun.”

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