Re: Re: medical machine limits

[Guest guest]

fg, I have never in my life have been claustrophobic, however I really did in

the MRI. It was a scary 35 minutes. No offense but if I ever have to have

one done again they will have to drug me frist.lol

Trisha Lanman

praying Dr. R. will help me to the other side soon!!!

Las Vegas NV

bmi 40

[Guest guest]

fg, What is your name? And I know that feeling, Everyone said didn't they

give you head phones to listen to music..NO! I just heard pounding and

beeping, I prayed a lot.

Trisha Lanman

praying Dr. R. will help me to the other side soon!!!

Las Vegas NV

bmi 40

[Guest guest]

For years I've worked in MRI. And I always try to make light of things when

I have a large patient. Unfortunately, a patient does not have to be that

overweight to make the examination more uncomfortable. But alot of times

when a larger patient looks at the bore of the magnet and asks me, " How will

I ever fit? " I tell them that I have a nice big container of talcum powder

over in the corner! LOL Of course I can say that because it's obvious that

I am in comraderie with the patient. But I am also very empathetic if I

happen to have a patient that is unable to fit, or is too uncomfortable to

do the exam. Some patients due to the pressure from fitting in there, have

dyspnea because there's no place for their chest to go, and I always just

end things immediately and the patient and I discuss options. It's very sad

that sometimes equipment has to have these types of limits, but

unfortunately due to physics, this cannot be helped. And to go to Open MRI

is almost useless. People don't understand that, but it's true. And it's

hard to work in a modality where you barely fit into the maching yourself.

My patients ask me all the time if " I fit in there. " I tell them yes I do,

but it's not easy!

fg

><< Even during physicals we are harder to examine. >>

>Tell me about it!! After my doctor completed the physical form that Dr R

>requires I was looking at it and where it said abdomen he wrote obese.

>Doesn't that just make you feel good?

>

>Looking forward to the other side! Not scared anymore!

>Jackie in DE

>pre-op

>5/24/00

[Guest guest]

LOL, I really try hard and am successful in handling patients who either

know they are claustrophobic or find out that they are after the start of

the exam. One time when I was in the scanner, this strange feeling came

over me, and I started to panic, and I thought, " Oh my gosh, is this what

claustrophobia feels like? " I think it was because I HAD gained weight and

I was more squished in there than I had ever been before. But I just told

myself that it's mind over matter---if I didn't mind, it didn't matter. But

you're right, I wanted out of there ASAP!

fg

At 12:47 PM 05/03/2000 EDT, you wrote:

>fg, I have never in my life have been claustrophobic, however I really did in

>the MRI. It was a scary 35 minutes. No offense but if I ever have to have

>one done again they will have to drug me frist.lol

>

>Trisha Lanman

>praying Dr. R. will help me to the other side soon!!!

>Las Vegas NV

>bmi 40

>

[Guest guest]

How funny life is, many years ago I had a head injury,

the only time i could take a nap was while having an

MRI, there was something about the beating that helped

me to sleep. Oh well we did say head injury, guess

that expalins alot.

Robynn

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[Guest guest]

All this talk of MRI's..I was wondering...do we have to have an MRI before

surgery? Please say no! : )

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 5/3/2000 9:58:16 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

happygirl0925@... writes:

<<

All this talk of MRI's..I was wondering...do we have to have an MRI before

surgery? Please say no! : ) >>

No The Doc, her requires everything, unfortunately I had all these test and I

am not going to him. what a waste.

Trisha Lanman

praying Dr. R. will help me to the other side soon!!!

Las Vegas NV

BMI 40

[Guest guest]

Music hath charms to sooth the savage breast. Just depends on what type of

music you like. I always call it music, I just say we have too much

percussion and not enough strings. LOL

fg

At 01:31 PM 05/03/2000 -0700, you wrote:

>How funny life is, many years ago I had a head injury,

>the only time i could take a nap was while having an

>MRI, there was something about the beating that helped

>me to sleep. Oh well we did say head injury, guess

>that expalins alot.

>Robynn

>

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>

[Guest guest]

Music hath charms to sooth the savage breast. Just depends on what type of

music you like. I always call it music, I just say we have too much

percussion and not enough strings. LOL

fg

At 01:31 PM 05/03/2000 -0700, you wrote:

>How funny life is, many years ago I had a head injury,

>the only time i could take a nap was while having an

>MRI, there was something about the beating that helped

>me to sleep. Oh well we did say head injury, guess

>that expalins alot.

>Robynn

>

>__________________________________________________

>

[Guest guest]

No, not at all. We were just talking about what kinds of tests were

uncomfortable to undergo when you're large. MRI is one of the biggies, even

if you're not claustrophobic. LOL

fg

At 09:57 PM 05/03/2000 EDT, you wrote:

>All this talk of MRI's..I was wondering...do we have to have an MRI before

>surgery? Please say no! : )

>

>

[Guest guest]

No, not at all. We were just talking about what kinds of tests were

uncomfortable to undergo when you're large. MRI is one of the biggies, even

if you're not claustrophobic. LOL

fg

At 09:57 PM 05/03/2000 EDT, you wrote:

>All this talk of MRI's..I was wondering...do we have to have an MRI before

>surgery? Please say no! : )

>

>

[Guest guest]

No, not at all. We were just talking about what kinds of tests were

uncomfortable to undergo when you're large. MRI is one of the biggies, even

if you're not claustrophobic. LOL

fg

At 09:57 PM 05/03/2000 EDT, you wrote:

>All this talk of MRI's..I was wondering...do we have to have an MRI before

>surgery? Please say no! : )

>

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