- Location
- Nova Scotia
Finally NS health scheduled me in for a MRI. Asked me if Tuesday was fine and said yes. People have no idea how stressful it is with that in your mind.
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Finally NS health scheduled me in for a MRI. Asked me if Tuesday was fine and said yes. People have no idea how stressful it is with that in your mind.
FatCatsDad
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Go in feet first if you have any anxiety, wear earplugs, most importantly don't move
Yeah, being loaded up on caffeine, is like to be a bad idea too. Don't avoid the stuff if you usually drink a morning coffee, just pay attention that you don't load up. Hit the bathroom before you go in.
The outfit I saw (six or seven sessions all told, longest was a bit over two hours, IIRC) had a pretty good set of headphones and would tune in to whatever Radio Station you wished to listen to, which is pretty handy, as it gives you something to think about, besides concentrating on not moving.
It's a good place to practice some of the calming or relaxation exercises you may have had any exposure to! Get yer Zen on, and done before ya know it, eh!
- Location
- Nova Scotia
I'm not allowed any coffee. So morning should be interesting. I'll toss some ear plugs in my pocket when I leave in the am. As long as there is some light, I should be fine in it. If I can sit still for 6 hours getting tattooed being stuck in a tube should be fine.
- Location
- Nova Scotia
They never asked me if I hunted. Only if I welded or did any grinding to get metal in my eye.
I did find out that some underwear has metal and can cause burns. Was a sign when I was changing into scrubs.
I did find out that some underwear has metal and can cause burns. Was a sign when I was changing into scrubs.
Same. They asked if I ever had metal get in my eyes from grinding or cutting metal.
And ya, vasectomy was in and out, no stitches no nuthin'.
Way back it was more intrusive.
I have four screws, two rods (assuming some form of stainless steel), and a Tantalum Cage in my lower back, never have been picked up by airport security, and had several sessions in the MRI machine after those were installed circa 2008. Was told that the metal in there makes it unlikely they will ever get a decent clear image of that particular area, but otherwise wasn't gonna be an issue.
Seeing how our "free" health care sucks so bad, I inquired 'bout a full MRI for my wife. She'd surely die of old age before getting one in northern Ontario.
$1200 U.S. in Buffalo. When I talked to her/my doctor when I was in for my drivers physical, he got the procedure bumped up by a couple of months.
Oh yeah, that 10 min. physical costs 150 bucks now. Up from 80, not so long age.
$1200 U.S. in Buffalo. When I talked to her/my doctor when I was in for my drivers physical, he got the procedure bumped up by a couple of months.
Oh yeah, that 10 min. physical costs 150 bucks now. Up from 80, not so long age.
- Location
- The Conservative part of Ontario
I expected to be bleeding from my hands when I came out. I usually had tons of little metal splinters in my fingers back then. But nothing happened I was aware of.
- Location
- Nova Scotia
Better than NS. Now I must do a MRI every 6 months now.
The docs at home practicing right now I’m sure
Don't you mean this practice game ?
A friend has been going through some difficult time atm.
She has had three mri's and scheduled for another one.
You can hear the fear in her voice when she mentions the word "tube" ..
The loud hum of the machinery and the enclosed space for required for the imaging ...
Claustrophobia is a biotch...
- Location
- Nova Scotia
Not all doctors are Surgeons
I was a Millwright for 35 years at one point while pounding a bearing race of a shaft I had a piece come off and hit me it the stomach, never thought anything about it. About 5 years later I had an infection on my stomach while having a shower I noticed a dark spot there and I squeezed it like a pimple and out came a piece of bearing. I’m sure I still have a bit of metal in me from grinding
Or this guy .
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article272377508.html
Family took a trip to Cape Cod back in the summer of 1967. The following spring, my dad was getting up one morning when he felt something scrape on the bedsheet and when he checked saw a little glint of mother of pearl and pulled a one inch sliver of seashell out of the sole of his foot.
