Posted on 05/30/2017 4:20:35 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear
Indeed!
Though I didn’t have any trouble when I had an MRI done, I had a HUGE problem when I received the bill!!! Just over $5000 for about 20 minutes of MRI. I only recently learned that an MRI costs about $300 in Japan, India, and other countries. Had I known, I could’ve paid for roundtrip airfare, stayed in great hotels, went out to eat for all my meals, and otherwise taken a very nice vacation including the MRI, all for about HALF the cost of what I paid for 20 minutes of MRI here in the U.S.
Back on topic, there’s probably not many people who have fear/trouble sliding into the MRI machine that a good dose of some flavor of benzodiazepines wouldn’t help.
I’ve had 3 MRIs. The first was for my knee and I didn’t have to go in all the way. I had another on my shoulder and if I had stayed in the machine much longer I might have lost it. My last one was for my back and I took a Valium which was useless. I decided to just suck it up and keep my eyes shut. I find the worst part is how close the top and sides are to your face.
I was always a little claustrophobic, but it’s gotten much worse with age. They told me I’d have to be in the MRI for four hours. I lasted five minutes. It was like being in a coffin, with the lid only a couple of inches from my nose and the sides squeezing me tight. How did I handle it? By getting the heck outta there and letting my ruptured disc resolve itself, as most of them will in time if you let them.
My orthopod told me the open MRI wasn’t a good option because he needed higher resolution that only the coffin could give him. I told him it was nice knowing him and never went back.
I find the worst part is how close the top and sides are to your face.
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Yep. Seems they would have advanced them some over the last 30 years.
Anyway the Tech started the scan and after 15 minutes I had a full blown panic attack.
I have been in CT scanners and MRI machines but that P.E.T. scanner machine pushed all of the wrong buttons in me.
I don't ever look foreward to getting into one of those machines again.
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I had one a few years ago and was terribly afraid of the claustrophobia going into it. The scan was on my lower back and abdomen so I was mostly in the machine. Close your eyes and picture your favorite surroundings around. For me, it was the beach...and I found a rhythmic enough pattern to the sounds to find music as at least one other poster said.
They said I was in there for 45 minutes, but it felt like 15-20. It’s a mind game.
Sounds like you found something that works for you. Good luck and ignore idiots.
Ooops. Got it confused with CT scans.
No wonder MRI’s are so expensive.
Wow, my Ativan is only 0.5 mg. Just got a refill, and where I used to get 20 pills at a time, this time I only got 10. (Even though my last refill was August 2016!) I usually only take one for dental work, and did take one when I had an MRI on my back.
about ten percent of people cannot tolerate being inside the MRI tube, even with medicine.
In emergencies, you can use general anesthesia, but that has it’s own problem.
There are, however, “OPEN MRI” machines, which resemble ordinary x ray machines, and are open on three sides. Most people can tolerate that. You’ll have to ask for a special referral, because not every hospital has one.
However, some people just can’t sit still for the MRI due to pain, etc.
Another alternative is CT scan with contrast which can be substitutes for some MRI scans and give similar results. And they don’t take as long to get the “picture”.
classical music really loud, brought my own cDs piano concerto, Bach’s Mass.
Suggest talking to your doctor — he can request and send you to a place that has “open” MRI machines, which are specifically for people who get claustrophobic in the regular machines.
“Ready for my mission, Captain Video.”
Suggest talking to your doctor — he can request and send you to a place that has “open” MRI machines, which are specifically for people who get claustrophobic in the regular machines.
Suggest talking to your doctor — he can request and send you to a place that has “open” MRI machines, which are specifically for people who get claustrophobic in the regular machines.
Ask your doc if an “open MRI machine@ will do the trick/ image he needs for you. If so, you’re not enclosed
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