Got an MRi next week and really claustrophobic

[Maj]

Nicola no-one can say you didn't try, so well done! It does sound really unpleasant, whether or not you suffer from claustrophobia. I hope your Crohn's settles down again, you've been through the mill.
Myra

[nomorepanic]

Hi June - I didn't go through with it - maybe you misread the post lol.

[honeybee3939]

Hi Nic

Hope you are feeling better today

I was just wondering - are you allowed anything to distract yourself while in the scan? or does it interfer with the machinery?

I was thinking of something like a little MP3 player? I bet something like listening to a comedian (my choice chubby brown) would certainly help.

I would probably need something like a sledge hammer over the head to distract me though lol !

Joking apart i feel for ya mate!
Love and hugs

Andrea
xxx

[nomorepanic]

Aww thanks everyone

Just an update on this :

I went to see doc and she said that she will contact the hospital and ask about the options for me.

They could admit me as a day patient and heavily sedate me to do it, or maybe an ultra sound or another CT scan but she was reluctant to suggest that because I have had 4 or 5 in the last year and the radiation is 400 times that of an X-ray.

She doubted they would find anything wrong with the adrenal gland a year on and it was probably all ok but appreciated that I worried about it all.

So now I have to wait and see what they suggest next.

Thanks for all the support peeps.

[janni]

Good luck Nic hun. If you have a really favourite piece of music on cd take that with you to listen to. You can do it, the machine isn't so bad really its pretty open, you'll be okay hun hugs

[nomorepanic]

Oh I forgot to update this since Jan lol.

They decided not to do another scan and said if I had problems with my adrenal gland it would have shown symptoms by now so basically they are just leaving it.

[LiquidSky]

Hi Nicola,
I know this is an old post, but thought I'd reply anyway, I've had 3 MRI's, they've changed the machine's now, at least at the hospital I was in (Alexandra Hospital Cheadle) and this tube is much bigger now, you still get the claustrophobic feeling because of all the headgear and stuff you have on, but with the headphones (radio station) and closing my eyes, I was fine in them.

[nomorepanic]

Thanks Liquid - I think I need one as big as a CT scanner lol

[Trixie]

I know this is an old thread but I have an MRI every six months and I hate it. I am not thin by any stretch of the imagination so it is a tight squeeze, you can have an open MRI in Cardiff (and other places I am sure) and it was under £300.

Mind you watching these miners coming up that tube I feel like a wimp.


My MRI dept plays music of choice through headphones.

[nomorepanic]

It is a pity they don't do it on the NHS with a bigger one though lol