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Kerry's MRI following bicycle accident was impossible
WPHT 1210am | Aug. 25, 2004 | MojoWire

Posted on 08/24/2004 9:20:46 PM PDT by Edit35

Several months ago, John Kerry fell off his bicycle while riding in Boston, and subsequently told reporters that he got an MRI just as a precaution.

Now, considering that he also claims to have shrapnel in his leg from Vietnam, doesn't it make an MRI impossible due to the metal's magnetic interference.

This is my first vanity post, so forgive me. But I just heard WPHT radio host Rolleye James talking about the impossibility of Kerry getting an MRI with metal in his leg, and I thought I post the info.

I never had an MRI so I'm not sure.


TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: kerry; medicalrecords; mri
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1 posted on 08/24/2004 9:20:47 PM PDT by Edit35
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To: MojoWire

That's interesting and perhaps some doctor or nurse on board can tell us the answer.


2 posted on 08/24/2004 9:22:03 PM PDT by Peach (The Clinton's pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
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To: MojoWire

Isn't that the BIG magnet??? would think if there is any metal in your body you would meet that magnet pretty darn hard...


3 posted on 08/24/2004 9:22:03 PM PDT by Jewels1091
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To: Jewels1091

I'm going to do a search and find out....


4 posted on 08/24/2004 9:22:28 PM PDT by Jewels1091
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To: MojoWire

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Feel free to reuse this anywhere you wish...

5 posted on 08/24/2004 9:23:01 PM PDT by sonofatpatcher2 (Texas, Love & a .45-- What more could you want, campers? };^)
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To: MojoWire

It's OK - the shrapnel was actually rice.


6 posted on 08/24/2004 9:23:02 PM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: MojoWire
It all depends on what your defintion of 'sharpnel' is
7 posted on 08/24/2004 9:23:20 PM PDT by alydar (March)
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To: MojoWire

Not if the shrapnel is long grain rice.


8 posted on 08/24/2004 9:23:27 PM PDT by dc-zoo
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To: MojoWire

Hmmm, is rice magnetic? hehehe


9 posted on 08/24/2004 9:23:33 PM PDT by Cvengr (;^))
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To: Jewels1091
Isn't that the BIG magnet?

Yes. And supposedly the nurse or doctor will tell you you can't get an MRI reading if you have any metal in your body.

Has Kerry been caught in another lie?

10 posted on 08/24/2004 9:24:32 PM PDT by Edit35
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To: MojoWire

They asked me the same questions about having metal in my body. Rods, pins, screws, etc. If the shrapnel is lead would it affect it? Or is the shrapnel steel?


11 posted on 08/24/2004 9:24:35 PM PDT by Ron in Acreage (Kerry is a threat to national security)
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To: dc-zoo; Izzy Dunne

Great minds think alike..


12 posted on 08/24/2004 9:24:38 PM PDT by Cvengr (;^))
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To: MojoWire
Kerrrry Interesting...but the timing is suspect....
13 posted on 08/24/2004 9:24:42 PM PDT by Solamente
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To: MojoWire; Peach

Just posed the question to my physician-husband,
and after he thought about it for a few seconds only,
he said "I can't answer that question. I don't know."


14 posted on 08/24/2004 9:24:45 PM PDT by onyx (JohnKerry -- the standard bearer for the unbearable)
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To: MojoWire

No MRI if you have any metal in you (shrapnel, braces, pins, etc.)


15 posted on 08/24/2004 9:24:49 PM PDT by airborne (Death From Above)
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To: MojoWire
Had one recently -- they definitely ask about shrapnel and any other kind of metal that may be in your body. I do not know what they choose to do when such shrapnel exists and they really need a image of that person.

It was a long and thorough questionnaire but it didn't seem to ask the big question: Do you have rice embedded anywhere on your person?

16 posted on 08/24/2004 9:25:16 PM PDT by Yaelle
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MRI Scan At A Glance MRI scanning uses magnetism, radio waves, and a computer to produce images of body structures. MRI scanning is painless and does not involve x-ray radiation. Patients with heart pacemakers, metal implants, or metal chips or clips in or around the eyes cannot be scanned with MRI because of the effect of the magnet. Claustrophobic sensation can occur with MRI scanning.

From a medical site...what do you think?

17 posted on 08/24/2004 9:25:18 PM PDT by Jewels1091
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I have had an MRI and they asked me about any metal. I believe you are right, but it would depend on what part of his body they performed the MRI on.

Me, personally, I want to see proof that Kerry has shrapnel, as he appears to have lied about so much else. I think it's a case of he had shrapnel before he didn't have it.


18 posted on 08/24/2004 9:25:33 PM PDT by calenel (Peace Through Strength, and when necessary, Peace Through Victory!)
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To: MojoWire

Kerry'll probably just say it's the other leg/buttocks/whatever.


19 posted on 08/24/2004 9:25:35 PM PDT by NavySEAL F-16 (Proud to be a Reagan Republican)
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Just had one last week and one of the standard questions asked was if I had any metal plates, screws, pins, stints, or anything metal in my body that a magnet may attract.

There used to be a video of an MRI machine sucking an iron oxygen tank across the room and right into the machine. Dont mess with magnets.

You may be onto something here......


20 posted on 08/24/2004 9:25:58 PM PDT by Delta 21 (MKC USCG -ret)
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