Definitely not enough ativan. The last MRI I had was maybe 15 years ago, and I do not remember it being that loud. I do not handle noise well at all, and extremely loud noise while trapped in a very small space. Not good. I managed to keep it together to just get the MRI done, but I became hysterical after and I can still barely calm down. Thank goodness Mom is here.
Now you can luxuriate in a nice jail cell, but if your hand touches metal, I swear by my pretty flowered bonnet, I will end you.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Spike's Bitches 46: Don't I get a cookie?
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sj - May 23, 2011 12:09:57 pm PDT #21899 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
sj - May 23, 2011 12:12:52 pm PDT #21900 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I'm supposed to go back in 2 more weeks for another one, and I don't know how I am going to manage it. Not to mention that I am embarrassed to go back there.
amych - May 23, 2011 12:17:03 pm PDT #21901 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
{{{sj}}}
I know it doesn't help with the actual anxiety about the procedure itself, but please don't worry about the embarrassment: it's way common for people to get freaked by the noise and claustrophobia (at least according to what I hear from friends in health care), and MRI techs have seen it all as a result.
lisah - May 23, 2011 12:20:12 pm PDT #21902 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
I'm supposed to go back in 2 more weeks for another one, and I don't know how I am going to manage it.
Can you ask your doctor for a mild sedative to take beforehand?
sj - May 23, 2011 12:26:28 pm PDT #21903 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I know it doesn't help with the actual anxiety about the procedure itself, but please don't worry about the embarrassment: it's way common for people to get freaked by the noise and claustrophobia (at least according to what I hear from friends in health care), and MRI techs have seen it all as a result.
I know. Mom said the same thing.
Can you ask your doctor for a mild sedative to take beforehand?
I see my PCP tomorrow, so I'll talk to her about it.
Ginger - May 23, 2011 12:54:21 pm PDT #21904 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
There's nothing cheeky about asking for ~ma for wee sister Jay. I would certainly want to sent my best thoughts for her and you. May it be nothing or something easy to deal with.
sj, as amych said, whatever your meltdown was, the techs have seen much, much worse. Can you have headphones or anything to dull the noise? I feel fortunate that my main reactions to the various scans are excruciating boredom and the need to scratch my nose.
Dana - May 23, 2011 1:07:42 pm PDT #21905 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
sj, last time I had an MRI I was still freaked after 2 ativan. They had to put me in the machine feet-first. Is there an open MRI you can go to.
sj - May 23, 2011 1:31:32 pm PDT #21906 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
sj, as amych said, whatever your meltdown was, the techs have seen much, much worse. Can you have headphones or anything to dull the noise? I feel fortunate that my main reactions to the various scans are excruciating boredom and the need to scratch my nose.
I had earbuds on to dull the noise, and my own CD, but it really didn't help at all. I seem to remember last time (10 or 12 years ago) I had on the big old fashioned head phones, which were probably also noise canceling. I need to call the MRI place and see if there were other options. The only other thing they said today was to ask for earplugs instead of the ear buds, but I don't really see that being enough.
sj, last time I had an MRI I was still freaked after 2 ativan. They had to put me in the machine feet-first. Is there an open MRI you can go to.
I took two doses of ativan as well. Which were .25 milligrams each. Which is what I am prescribed to take.
Calling Teppy. Would it be safe to take a whole milligram next time?
I think being nearly out would be my best bet.
Strix - May 23, 2011 2:50:47 pm PDT #21907 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
My mom is claustro and she HAS to do open MRI.
Ask your doc for something stronger, maybe a Valium? I hate needles and when I had to have a bump taken off my arm to be biopsied, under local, I told my doc I was ok with the scalpel but the local would freak my shit, and she wrote a script for 2 Valium.
Worked!
Much nothing -ma to Fay's sister!
Steph L. - May 23, 2011 3:06:09 pm PDT #21908 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Calling Teppy. Would it be safe to take a whole milligram next time?
What other drugs do you take? (Feel free to e-mail me with this if you don't want to talk about your meds in public.)
I might not answer right away, because we just had a BADASS storm roll through, and one kitty is AWOL and we need to find her.
I was walking the dog when the tornado siren went off (I hadn't heard the news and didn't know it was imminent), and I got in the door literally (I know this because I was looking at the clock to see when Tim would get home) 1 minute before the wind kicked up to I AM BADASS level. Tim came *running* (again, literally) through the front door about 30 seconds after the actual storm hit, and he didn't even stop running, but yelled, "BASMENT! NOW!"
That freaked my shit out, because he's the one who's always blase about storms, while I usually assemble the crisis provisions and head for the basement at the first sign of rain.
We're up now and the storm is through, but Toke is nowhere to be found. I'm sure she's in a hidey-hole, but it's a little worrying.