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[bribrius]

I freaked in the closed MRI! Claustrophobia and didn't even know it! Had to do an open MRI the next day.

they took away my camera they wouldn't let me bring it in with me.

 

[limr17]

I freaked in the closed MRI! Claustrophobia and didn't even know it! Had to do an open MRI the next day.

I'd definitely need an open MRI, though I'm hoping I can get through this life without ever needing an MRI at all.

 

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[sm4him]

I freaked in the closed MRI! Claustrophobia and didn't even know it! Had to do an open MRI the next day.

I'd definitely need an open MRI, though I'm hoping I can get through this life without ever needing an MRI at all.

I've had several of them; at least 3, maybe 4. They don't bother me a bit, I just struggle to stay awake--typically, when I'm that still for more than two minutes, I fall asleep. But if I fall asleep, I'll move, so I have to keep my brain occupied with something while I lay there not moving.

I once had to have an MRI *and* an MRA, which is the same basic thing but specifically to look at the blood vessels. I was in that machine for nearly two hours--not moving a muscle!
Toward the end, I could feel my back in between my shoulder blades start to seize up. I was about two minutes from telling them they were gonna have to stop and let me move a few minutes when they finally finished.

That was brutal. If I ever had to do that again, I'd at least insist on getting 15 minutes to sit up in between tests.

 

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[sm4him]

I'm not drunk on a Wednesday night. Imajustsayin.

Who else isn;t drunk on a wendseday night?

I'm not drunk on a Wednesday night, either. I have the means to get drunk, but probably won't do it.

Haven't been truly drunk in a very, very long time--decades--and don't really ever want to be.

When I got home tonight, I seriously considered a little Fireball Whisky, but ended up deciding on just my bedtime tonic and lime (no alcohol, just tonic water and lime juice--keeps the nighttime leg cramps away). It was a good choice.

 

[limr17]

How much of your body goes into the machine? And you're allowed to close your eyes? I dunno, maybe I'd be able to meditate my way through it, but I would still rather not have to deal with it at all.

 

[limr17]

Haven't been truly drunk in a very, very long time--decades--and don't really ever want to be.

When I got home tonight, I seriously considered a little Fireball Whisky, but ended up deciding on just my bedtime tonic and lime (no alcohol, just tonic water and lime juice--keeps the nighttime leg cramps away). It was a good choice.

Yup, I considered a shot of something or a glass of wine, but at this time of night, the issue for me is not the leg cramps, but the restless leg. I slept poorly for years and didn't even realize it until I started taking magnesium to quiet the jimmy leg. I'm still amazed at the difference in my energy levels.

 

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[limr17]

That thing is just freaky.

 

[bribrius]

How much of your body goes into the machine? And you're allowed to close your eyes? I dunno, maybe I'd be able to meditate my way through it, but I would still rather not have to deal with it at all.

for a mri you can close your eyes. For some things like a eeg they make you keep them open for so many seconds, closed so many seconds, open so many seconds while they flash a light in your eyes and read the brave waves.

 

[sm4him]

Haven't been truly drunk in a very, very long time--decades--and don't really ever want to be.

When I got home tonight, I seriously considered a little Fireball Whisky, but ended up deciding on just my bedtime tonic and lime (no alcohol, just tonic water and lime juice--keeps the nighttime leg cramps away). It was a good choice.

Yup, I considered a shot of something or a glass of wine, but at this time of night, the issue for me is not the leg cramps, but the restless leg. I slept poorly for years and didn't even realize it until I started taking magnesium to quiet the jimmy leg. I'm still amazed at the difference in my energy levels.

Yeah, you've mentioned that magnesium thing before--didn't you say it helped with depression? THAT might come in handy this winter--and by winter, apparently I mean "tomorrow."