MRI = Horrible Experience

That MRI was way worse than I had anticipated ... first of all I thought I was going to have what I had on Friday night ... obviously all the acronyms confuse me ... Friday night I had a CAT Scan ... today MRI ... hated the MRI ...

The CAT Scan was peaceful and calm ... the light above the machine even had a beautiful beach scene on it ... the room was nice a cool ... (BTW in the hospital I spend the majorty of the time sweating ... I am always just so so so hot in the hospital) ... so that was nice ...

The MRI room ... dingy ... hot ... not at all nice ... no pretty beach scene ... just a huge warning sign that powerful magnets are always in use ...

So I get into the room and just lying down is terribly hard ... hurts a lot ... but then "scoot up ... scoot down ... scoot up ... up a little more" wasn't making it easier ... then they strap this big plate to your breast ... not comfortable at all when it is in the area that already hurts ... plus I made the mistake of keeping the blanket on myself and the dorky socks they make me wear if I get out of bed ... all just a little too much ... then he hands me these ear plugs and says, "Put these in ... it is very loud"

But when they push you into this coffin... woops I mean a cylinder area that is only inches bigger than your body ... I hadn't expected that at all ... NOT AT ALL ... and I will say it took my breath away for a second ... then I thought to myself, "Can I actually do this? Am I actually claustrophobic?" ... the technician told me it would a series of holding my breath and would take about 20 minutes ... that I would have to hold my breath anywhere between 3 second and 20 seconds ... let me tell you ... it was hard ... it was definitely longer than 20 seconds ... and I had a rough time with it ... plus being in the tight box ... feeling the sweat dripping down my legs and tummy ... and knowing that each time the voice said, "Take a deep breath ... and hold it" that almost every time I started breathing before "the voice" told me I could ...

And he wasn't kidding when he said it was loud ... it was really really loud in there ... like being inside a foghorn when it goes off ...

So now it is a waiting game ... waiting for my doctor to read the scans and waiting for him to come up and let me know what is going on ...