Guest guest Posted June 13, 2002 Report Share Posted June 13, 2002 Hi guys ! Well it is over, now the waiting will begin yuck. I had my L-spine MRI today, it was pretty easy though you have to be in that tube for about 30 minutes which is not fun, I just listened to some music and never ever open my eyes in there cause if I see how enclosed I am I will not be happy, anyhow now I am of course worried, I mean I have had back pain for about 6 months steady now and of course I am worried they will find something horrible, my worse fear is that someone is going to tell me I need back surgery. I won't do it, so it doesn't matter anyhow I guess what they say, but I do want to know what the pain is. My question I guess to e or anyone who is informed or knowledgable about this stuff is will an MRI always show what is causeing the pain? >From what I understand it won't always show something is wrong, but I am not 100% sure of that. I am assuming that if I have something like a herniated disk or disk disease it will show it, but if it is just some kind of muscle issue, fibromyalgia or something, I am sure it won't show that right? Well, I guess I will find out next week, I have to tell ya I hate waiting for test results like this, it is so hard ! Anyhow I would love to know any opinions from others, and I will also ask at work too. Thanks and have a great day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 14, 2002 Report Share Posted June 14, 2002 , How do I put an alternate email address down for SS? I want to be able to send emails to the group from my work email, and I can't because I don't have the email address down. Can you do it easily, or can you tell me how? I will be checking in with you shortly re your MRI.....Just changed offices AGAIN!! Still trying to reorganize everything. e >From: " Heer " <idagirl@...> >Reply- >< > >Subject: My MRI >Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 09:18:24 -0600 > >Hi guys ! Well it is over, now the waiting will begin yuck. I had my >L-spine MRI today, it was pretty easy though you have to be in that tube >for about 30 minutes which is not fun, I just listened to some music and >never ever open my eyes in there cause if I see how enclosed I am I will >not be happy, anyhow now I am of course worried, I mean I have had back >pain for about 6 months steady now and of course I am worried they will >find something horrible, my worse fear is that someone is going to tell me >I need back surgery. I won't do it, so it doesn't matter anyhow I guess >what they say, but I do want to know what the pain is. > >My question I guess to e or anyone who is informed or knowledgable >about this stuff is will an MRI always show what is causeing the pain? > >From what I understand it won't always show something is wrong, but I am >not 100% sure of that. I am assuming that if I have something like a >herniated disk or disk disease it will show it, but if it is just some kind >of muscle issue, fibromyalgia or something, I am sure it won't show that >right? > >Well, I guess I will find out next week, I have to tell ya I hate waiting >for test results like this, it is so hard ! > >Anyhow I would love to know any opinions from others, and I will also ask >at work too. > >Thanks and have a great day > > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 15, 2002 Report Share Posted June 15, 2002 I used to be able to do that with my hotmail account, I will check it out and get back to you, I think that you can still log into the site if you use your password, but I don't think you can get the email to both adresses at the same time. i will let you know Love ----- Original Message ----- From: " e Rene " <e_Rene@...> < > Sent: Friday, June 14, 2002 3:35 PM Subject: Re: My MRI > , > > How do I put an alternate email address down for SS? I want to be able to > send emails to the group from my work email, and I can't because I don't > have the email address down. > > Can you do it easily, or can you tell me how? > > I will be checking in with you shortly re your MRI.....Just changed offices > AGAIN!! Still trying to reorganize everything. > > e > > > >From: " Heer " <idagirl@...> > >Reply- > >< > > >Subject: My MRI > >Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 09:18:24 -0600 > > > >Hi guys ! Well it is over, now the waiting will begin yuck. I had my > >L-spine MRI today, it was pretty easy though you have to be in that tube > >for about 30 minutes which is not fun, I just listened to some music and > >never ever open my eyes in there cause if I see how enclosed I am I will > >not be happy, anyhow now I am of course worried, I mean I have had back > >pain for about 6 months steady now and of course I am worried they will > >find something horrible, my worse fear is that someone is going to tell me > >I need back surgery. I won't do it, so it doesn't matter anyhow I guess > >what they say, but I do want to know what the pain is. > > > >My question I guess to e or anyone who is informed or knowledgable > >about this stuff is will an MRI always show what is causeing the pain? > > >From what I understand it won't always show something is wrong, but I am > >not 100% sure of that. I am assuming that if I have something like a > >herniated disk or disk disease it will show it, but if it is just some kind > >of muscle issue, fibromyalgia or something, I am sure it won't show that > >right? > > > >Well, I guess I will find out next week, I have to tell ya I hate waiting > >for test results like this, it is so hard ! > > > >Anyhow I would love to know any opinions from others, and I will also ask > >at work too. > > > >Thanks and have a great day > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 3, 2005 Report Share Posted August 3, 2005 I hope that it's nothing serious and something that they can take care of easily for you. I'm clostrophobic too. Had to get an MRI on my shoulder in 1997....they put me in the capsule like machine and I had to get out of it without them running the test. The next trip back for the redo they had prescribed valium. Boy did that make a difference!! I was able to get into the machine AND get the dye injected (which they didn't do the first time). A piece of cake with valium ;-) Good luck, I hope you will be ok. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Maggie http://www.4HockeyFans.com http://www.4FloridaHockey.com MSN: Maggies1429 AOL: Maggies85 Nina wrote: He wouldn't tell me the results. I asked him for a hint. Then I told him the doc wanted to put me in the hospital for IV antibiotics in case it's a spinal infection. He said I don't need to be getting antibiotics. He said "What do you think you did to fracture your spine?" So that was his hint to me. He said the doc won't get the report for two days. I hope he's wrong about what it is, but since he does the tests every day, I'm guessing he probably knows more than the docs do. I am so claustraphobic I thought I would die in that machine. I just kept thinking "I'm an Indian. I can do this!" Took 25 minutes and the top of the machine was 2 inches from my face. :-( My sister, who is a cardiology nurse, said that type of surgery isn't as invasive as lower back surgery. Hope she's right! I have COPD and PBC so my lungs aren't in good shape and I bleed really bad so I'm not the best surgery risk. I'm sure that any type of surgery would put off the beginning of Remicade treatment, though. Nina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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