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In response to "Anybody here gotten an MRI before. I'm getting one tomorrow, not claustrophobic at all but the process sounds scary. -- nm" by ceregon

it depends on what part of your body they are imaging

Posted by tRuMaN (aka Truman) Jan 5 '09, 13:26

when they did my lower back, I was way up in the machine, but my head wasn't out the other side, after about 2 hours, I got a little nervous and just wanted out.

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i have. i had it done on my head. just keep your eyes closed. it's not really a big deal. - El Fandie Jan 5, 13:38 2
- err. should be under original post. -- nm - El Fandie Jan 5, 13:38 1
  - oh, and they have this thing (if your head is in the machine) that lightly blows air on your face, to give the sensation of space around you. - El Fandie Jan 5, 13:40
also, if you have a steel rod in your knee, you might want to mention that first. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 5, 13:27 10
- metal plate in your skull? definitely tell them. -- nm - loosilu Jan 5, 13:28 2
  - grenade shrapnel lodged mere inches from vital organs? you'll probably be cool. -- nm - TFox Jan 5, 13:30 1
    - phew. -- nm - Tony Stark Jan 5, 13:33
- or dental work like bridges but they can work around it. -- nm - zork Jan 5, 13:28 6
  - I have a small metal wire around the back of the front five teeth on my lower jaw ... I wonder what festivities that would result in. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 5, 13:33 5
    - five? that's an odd number. retainer? -- nm - loosilu Jan 5, 13:34 4
      - One of the front four was pulled due to poor placement -- nm - Beryllium Jan 5, 13:35 3
        
        aahhhh. When I had the wire it was behind the lower front six, anchored to the canines. - loosilu Jan 5, 13:39 2
        
        this one is just glued on to what would normally be the front six, I don't think it's "anchored" in the banded sense -- nm - Beryllium Jan 5, 13:40 1
        
        exactly what I had. watch out if it gets loose, it stabbed me in the palate one day. -- nm - loosilu Jan 5, 13:43
2 hours? I've never been in one longer than 45 minutes. (knee from Hell) -- nm - Diva Jan 5, 13:27 5
- umm, it might have been longer actually - tRuMaN Jan 5, 13:30 4
  - I would have gone nuts. totally claustrophobic. -- nm - loosilu Jan 5, 13:30 3
    - yeah, like i said - tRuMaN Jan 5, 13:32 2
      - is t here an option for a sedative? seriously. -- nm - loosilu Jan 5, 13:32 1
        
        they never offered me one. - tRuMaN Jan 5, 13:34

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