6 years ago I had an MRI sacn which took 45 minutes in which time I had to lie as still as a mouse that acat has been chasing.

Sweet is right it can be a bit unnerving as the machine does make a bit of a noise. That's the magnets doing their job.

I had  cyst on my bladder tube which gave me such a lot of pain and other not so very nice symptoms, It  would not show up on an ordinary X Ray or even on an internal scan but it did showed up on the MRI.

If you are having a scan of your tummy or chest areas:

You lie on a bed which slides into the the scanner, the staff sit in a room with a large   window in it so that they can see you,  you wear heaphones so that they can talk you you and you can reply to them.  They also ask you if you wish to listen to music While the scanning is in progress, they will play either classical or modern music .They do ask you to signal them if you are feeling uncomfortable then they stop and make sure you are ok.  Then scanning begins once you are comfortable, there is nothing to be frightened off and it is harmless. YOU MUST take all METAL jewellery off as this can affect the scan process and you feel a tingle where you are wearing metal.

I found that if I closed my eyes and listened to the music I relaxed and all was ok, the time goes quicker than you think !!

As far as I am concerned the MRI scan is one of the best ever inventions for finding things wrong inside the body and it is better to have this and save your life other than be frightened and have nothing done to help you.

 

I am glad I had the opportunity to have that scan and I have to tell you that without it I would not be here to tell this tale. The surgeon said that I would not have lived another six months had they not found that large cyst that was growing inside my bladder tube and I am glad they did.

 

MJ.