MRI denied [View all]
I went for a combo thoracic and lumbar MRI today and it did not go well.
First they put this plastic cage around my head "to clarify your neck position" for the third portion.
I have big head, size 8 hat. The cage was touching my chin. Then they started to insert me into the "ring" and I felt these two weird cushions pushing my arms into my sides.
I am a big guy - 310 pounds - and I had asked for the open MRI. Apparently they used the"wide bore" closed MRI instead.This felt like I was being shoved into a toothpaste tube, head first.
That was as far as I let it go. I could not imagine lying there for 40 minutes without serious PTSD.
I guess this is one modern diagnostic tool I am going to have live without.
Anybody else have issues with MRI's?
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