What They Neglect to Tell You

[ebonypearl]

About MRIs is that the vibration will mess you up for hours afterwards.

While I couldn't hear many of the machine's sounds, I could feel every vibration of it down into my organs. By the feel of the vibrations, I could track what slice of knee was being imaged. Sometimes, I could feel tickles and jabs to the muscles and nerves in my knees, making them twitch involuntarily, as your foot would swing out when your knee was tapped with the small rubber hammer.

It was difficult walking at all afterwards. I felt as if I was still vibrating from my head to my toes, that tingling feeling you get just before the pins and needles sensation of returning circulation.

I was in the MRI machine just for my knees and only for 50 minutes,but the after-effects lasted for another 6 hours.

Here's hoping I never need another MRI. I prefer to be stirred, not shaken.

Comments

[seawasp]

Different people have different experiences. I've had MRI's, cat scans, all the different technologies, and my only problem with any of them has been mild claustrophobia from being put through them.

[ebonypearl.livejournal.com]

Since it was just my knees being scanned, I didn't have to actually go into the machine any deeper than my waist.

[bat-cheva.livejournal.com]

Wow. I have never felt vibrations from MRI's like that, and I've had many of them for various reasons. The sound of being next to a jackhammer is my biggest problem with them.

[ebonypearl.livejournal.com]

Ah, that's one of the blessings of being hard of hearing - I couldn't hear most of that.

I still have muscle twitches from the vibrations today, from my calves up to the small of my back. I hope I never have to have another one!

Me and the MRI

[axejudge.livejournal.com]

I went home afterwards, and reached to turn on the lamp - the bulb promptly blew.

So I went to turn on the lights in the ceiling fan - which immediately all blew.

I changed the lamp bulb, turned it on - and it blew. Oookay then.

I lit some candles and my oil lamp. After a couple of hours, I could safely deal with lights again.

Re: Me and the MRI

[laughterdance.livejournal.com]

... weird...

Re: Me and the MRI

[ebonypearl.livejournal.com]

I didn't have that problem, just the after-effects of being intensely vibrated for an hour.

[laughterdance.livejournal.com]

I have heard that MRI's reverse the polarity of your cells. However, I heard this from the people who think that margarine kills turkeys and those foot detox things really work, so I don't know how true it is. (Hey, those people taught me some real facts along the way - they were only part batty)

[starwatcher]

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I don't know if those foot detox pads work, but a fellow teacher tried them a couple of months ago. Used them two nights. Had to go home sick at noon after the second night, was sick as a dog for another two days. I'd been considering trying them; not now!
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[chipmunk-planet.livejournal.com]

I never felt anything with my MRI, and since I like being in closed-in spaces, it was a pleasant half hour spent away from it all. :)

[shellebelle93.livejournal.com]

I...fell asleep. They piped in Vivaldi for me and I fell asleep.