I've had several CAT scans and X-Rays but I'd never had an MRI until today.

I was surprised at all the noise. Holy crap.

It was tolerable but I wouldn't want a steady diet of em.

I’ve had 6-8 of them, first one 17 years ago didn’t bother me that much, it was a little noisy but tolerable with earplugs. The ones I’ve had in the last few years have all been under the influence of Xanax, never heard a thing.
Ronnie

Can't tolerate them. I hope all is well for whatever you needed it for.

They’re loud but I just have them crank the old country music and I fall asleep. I’m fixing to get another high resolution one before they cut my back open, should be a couple weeks before I get to have the pleasure again.

Hope you’re ok. 👍

Yeah...no kidding.

Hope things are okay.

Lol, I fell asleep in one once, nurses thought it was funny as hell.

had one on my shoulder. problem was they put it in the most painful position possible and i layed there in agony for 40 minutes. it was bad.

Microdiskectomy? If so and you have questions, ping me.

aces be sure before you let them cut on your back ben there done that not good

Had several, have to get 3-4 every summer.

Don't mind the confined spaces or the noise, I just have difficulty sitting still that long.

The brain ones are no fun. Have to wear the face cage thingy and have your head packed in a bowl.

I have had 4 or 5 of them, neck, shoulder and knee. If you can find an open MRI they are more comfortable. My doctor said the resolution was fine for my issue, ymmv.

I used to climb in very confined spaces in refineries just fine. An MRI worries me. I hope you came out fit.

No music but they did have some gigantic headphones.



Back and hips.

The back pain is chronic and getting worse by the day.

They're not sure about the hips though......all their poking and prodding says arthritis but the X-Rays don't show any.

They're thinking it might be a side effect from a med I'm on but whatever the hell it is it's more than a couple Tylenol can handle so if any of you guys have any Bourbon you're not using.............

Bigfish....44mc...et al......thanks for the advice and offers. Once I know exactly what they’re planning I will be checking with you guys. They aren’t sure if they can get the disks out through the side or if they have to cut the spinal processes. I’ll hopefully know more after the hi-res MRI but likely won’t know for sure until after I come out of anesthesia. 😬

All I know is that I want to get back in the gym and be <relatively> pain free. I’m healthy as a horse and strong as an ox but my back limits my fun. I’ve been helping my brother with his construction business and after a day humping lumber or shingles I’m practically paralyzed but I get up and charge forward the next day. My wife and kids have noticed how much muscle I’ve been putting on since doing this labor stuff. 😁. My wife was giving me a back massage and couldn’t believe how much muscle I’ve got in my shoulders and my 17 year old told me the other day that my biceps are “huge”. I’m able to build and maintain muscle but with my back I can only work my upper body which doesn’t help climbing hills. I feel like my lower body and core are weaker than ever while my upper body is stronger than ever. I want to get everything back in balance. I had both shoulders repaired, a total of 21 torn muscles between both shoulders, and my back is next.

To be totally honest......it scares the living hell out of me to have this surgery but I’m not going to live my life in constant pain so I don’t have a choice. I’ve been dealing with this pain for years and I’m tired of it.

This!!! Same deal here. I had one on my right shoulder before i had my surgery. I thought i was going to lose it the last five minutes.

You always remember your first time...I fell asleep in the tube as well...

If your getting your back cut open be damn sure of your docs capabilities. I had back surgery 5 years ago and I'm still healing but it was one of the best decisions I've ever made.

I had one a few years ago on my knee. I’m not claustrophobic but I about lost my mind the last 5 min as well. I need one on my shoulder now, but going to put it off until late winter as long as I can still put my coat on.

Good fortune with the sx and recovery, Ace.

I close my eyes, relax and go to sleep.

I’ve had a couple...The last was for possible cancer that a surgeon was 80% sure was cancer. This before a biopsy was even performed. A lot of stress for 2 weeks for my wife before the biopsy test results showed benign...Cut the tumor off my ankle and done.

Charlie, hope everything turns out right. You’re a Fire treasure...Same for you too, Ace. Good luck with your back issues. Back problems suck! 😎

I did one a couple years ago, I couldve swore I heard sparrows chirping inside the whole room. Kind of like when youre at Lowes and sparrows are rat-fûcking the stored bird seed.

Turns out it was just the Marinol and Remeron they had me on..Haha



I really think the chirping was the cooling system for that beast. IDFK, maybe I was really trippin hard. 😄😄

I’ve had a half dozen or more now between two back surgeries and other issues. The two I had in a very tight tube got uncomfortable. If you touch the sides as I do in the tube type they heat you up. They had to stop and let my sides cool down where they touched. That tube machine was also the loudest ! Beats the hell out of a CAT scan with contrast ! The contrast burns and instant vomiting !

Had a MRI just a couple weeks ago. Had headphones on with '60s music playing but darned if I heard much of it for all the different loud noises and shaking and vibrating the machine made that drowned it out. It was quite a snug fit once inside too.

Thanks Beaver!......I’m sure glad that your doctor was wrong. I’d have been inclined to bitch slap him for such an irresponsible diagnosis without all the information.

Dave, I’ve had the contrast also but it didn’t make me sick. I wonder if you’re allergic to the contrast.

I had a CT (with contrast) on my neck a few years ago and my doc thought she could see a blurb on my lung so she had me come back the next day for a different view.

The following day I woke up with a rash from head to toe.

It seems that I can tolerate a normal dose of contrast but the second dose was too much.

Contrast is now the only allergy listed on my medical records.

I've had 7 or 8 MRIs over the last few years, mostly tracking to see if I have additional or progressing lesions on my spine and brain. I'm sure I'll have at least one more before the end of the year. Being stationary for 45 minutes or so without moving anything just about drives me nuts, especially the last 5 - 10 minutes - it just plain hurts. Also have tinnitus, so the noise of the machine makes it go crazy.

I've had a few. Once I was at the hospital waiting to get one and the guy in it took a fit,...couldn't stand being in there and they had to get him out.

I've since learned that lots of people can't stand feeling enclosed in one.

I don't feel enclosed if the top and bottom is open,..as it is in an MRI machine.

The tech that administered mine today told me she has a couple of tap outs every day.

I tapped out on my first.....had some in an open one and they went ok....good luck!

Just put some ear plugs in and close your eyes. They'll probably give you some ear plugs.

Practice for it- - - - -crawl inside a corrugated metal drain pipe and have several of your buddies beat on it with sledgehammers for a few minutes.

The last one I had was after I dumped a Honda Gold Wing at 60 MPH and got it on top of me on the way down. They checked me out nose to toes, and found a bunch of broken bones, but no other serious injuries. The E.R. doc in Fayetteville Tennessee was a good one- - - - -just finished two tours as a combat medic in the sand box! Vanderbilt University Hospital trauma center, on the other hand, is a butcher shop! I've seen MASH units that were cleaner and better-managed!
Jerry

Last time I was in for a MRI the technician was this raging homosexual with purple hair, manicured nails, a disturbingly effeminate persona and even the stereotypical lisp. I'm pretty claustrophobic to begin with and wasn't happy to be there to begin with, and this 'guy' was treating me likeI was a potential boyfriend and was a lot more touchy than what I consider to be acceptable. Anyway, he explains the procedure including words about how if it became unbearable and I needed to stop the procedure to verbalize same and in short order the machine would be shut down and I'd be taken out of the unit. Well, a few minutes go by and he's on the speaker telling me I'm doing great and we're half way through or whatever but adds the word 'sweetie' or something in addressing me. With that I clench my fists and start a hushed tirade, talking about, "how dare this fugginn ***got call me sweetie? I'm tired of this modern day pansy ass, obscene, revolting acceptance booshat. God forgive me but back in the day when there was still some semblance of standards as far as not always blasting your sexual preference into the face of every human you meet in the world and if you'd have called me or most any of the boys I grew up with, your lisp would've gotten much worse with missing teeth! I started to continue. "Why, I ..."

All of a sudden, from the speakers comes, "Uh, sir, you do realize that in order for me to hear you while inside the unit and know whether you're OK or not and might want to end the procedure, there's a live microphone in the unit, right?"

First came a feeling of horror, then came the giggles. "Of course I knew that, Sweetie!" is what I said.

Good times.

I can’t imagine anyone, except maybe your wonderful bride, calling you “Sweetie”—least of all an MRI technician! LMAO! What I’d pay to have been a fly on that wall!

I'm guessing he wasn't so "touchy" after your MRI Leighton?

Oh, I've had numerous, can't remember how many. Had to get one every year or so, either that or sonogram, on my kidney for a spot they noticed while checking out my back. Good thing they found it, as after 11 years or so the "spot" doubled in size and was determined to be renal cell carcinoma. Also had them for two severely torn rotator cuffs, and a few on my back to determine I have progressively worsening stenosis and a couple of bulged discs. Maybe one on a knee too?

Fortunately, I'm easy for them to deal with. Not claustrophobic, can nearly fall asleep if they provide good hearing protection....................I only wish they would do it with nitrous............I love that stuff!

Hope all turns out well for everyone getting one recently, in the past or in the near future.

Modern technology sure saved my ass.

Geno

It's like we live in two different countries Gari........Our hospital has a mobile imaging unit that comes twice a week.

The tech that handled my visit was 23-24 years old......about 5'4"....cute as a button.....and very very pregnant.

Them's the good ones FG.

You can tell they did it once (unless their name is Mary maybe)

And maybe they'd enjoy doing it again.

Geno

I take it you haven't seen me busting the kimono (not the standard petite size, mind you) and working my geisha routine?

No Sweetie, I haven’t! 😂😂😂

Perhaps k_g is a Kabuki enthusiast?

Geno

Met a young black guy the other day (fine young man, truly, of about 6' 6" and 295 lb), introduced himself as Cameron Sweet. I asked if anyone ever called him "Sweetie" for short. He says not since his the skull cracked the first guy that did it!

I fell asleep on the last one about two months ago... No biggie..

All the fun times procedures you get to look forward to if you live past 25. Geez what a list:
- Xray
-MRI
-Catscan
-Colonoscopy.
-Sigmoidoscopy
-Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP for you newbs)
-Blood draws
-Blood transfusions
-Catheters
-Cystoscopy (scope up the pecker to look in the bladder)
-Giving yourself you own injections. Takes true Grit!
-Pooping in a bed pan with a room full of nurses just prove you can!

Don't get started on dental work. God that's the worst.

I’ve had a couple, Hope you are OK

Hey Gungeezer, you forgot EMG.

Have had two MRIs with last one 6 weeks ago. At least this MRI tube was open at both ends. They kept me in that tube for an HOUR! I would fade in and out with dream like thoughts. Every time I came back to reality had to fight the panic. A towel over face helped.

FDA requires at least one form of ear protection, any clinic worth their salt will offer two - plugs AND the headphones. Those noises are the gradients switching back and forth to localize the signal given off from your hydrogen atoms as they return to “north” after being hit by the RF. The stronger the magnet (3T vs. 1.5T) the louder it will be since the gradients have to be stronger to manipulate the small localizer magnetic fields within the main field. MRI is pretty fascinating stuff.

I had one,it wasn't too bad.Would have been a little more comfortable if I could have had about an extra inch on the sides and an extra inch for my nose.I didn't have a choice not to like it,I couldn't move.I knew a guy that freaked out and crawled out of one.He scared the hell out of the tech running it.No way I could have done that,I felt like I was packed in a sardine can.

I've had a number of them. Just close my eyes and try to figure the rate of fire in booms per minute and am close to falling asleep when it ends..

I have had several of the whole body and just took a nap.

The hardest was when they put my leg in a cage to do the knees.

I've had several, knee (multiple), shoulder and back. Worse was back, because well, my back hurt, but they make you lay on a rock hard surface and don't move.

Knees no biggie, my head didn't go in the tube!