MRI Firsts

I had an MRI recently, and it was full of firsts.

First MRI without contrast. I always get two passes through the MRI machine: pass one, and then they pull me out and push the "Contrast" solution through me so that -- literally -- the images of the new lesions will show up in higher contrast. I suppose after years of reading "no new lesions" they are done looking for them. No contrast MRIs take only fifteen minutes. Move along, nothing to see here.

First MRI during the wig era. My last MRI two years ago came days before I flirted with wig #1, Moe. I thought I could keep it on, especially because I didn't have any clips or pins, but no. I dramatically whipped it off in front of other people, whispered, "I will miss you, my precious,' and flopped it in the locker. 

First MRI on a Saturday. The odd thing about coming in on a Saturday is that instead of waiting for an hour in a packed waiting room you wait for an hour with just one other patient. After 45 minutes the person at reception got up, said, "Someone will be by to get you in a bit," turned off the lights, and left.

The one person I'd been waiting with said, "Well."

It was 2:30. I glanced at the sign. Waiting room closed at 2:30. "If they forget about us it'll be like that children's book where the kids live alone in a museum."

She said, "Yeah. We can get up to some mischief."

"If I did drugs, I'd be really excited."

"If we're here all night ... gotta do something to pass the time."

Comments

[KC]

That sounds like a good waiting room companion! (also wow. Patients left totally unsupervised?! I wonder what would have happened if you'd jumped the desk and gone into the office... please do not find out next time, though, I do not know if they let you blog from jail.)

[TheQueen]

KC - she was fun. She also bragged about her ability to nap in an MRI

[KC]

That is brag-worthy! (... or medically concerning, depending) Those things are *loud*!

[theQueen]

KC - No, they are actually comfy. You get headphones too tp block the noise.

[KC]

My last brain MRI was a... while... ago (14 years, probably?), but it was very loud. Headphone technology has probably improved, though.

[theQueen]

KC - No, still loud. The headphones are supposed to drown out the banging, but they were not set correctly.