My MRI And The Beatles

Pearlee · ‎06-11-2011

So yesterday I had an MRI, not my first so I knew what it would be like and I don't mind them at all. Before it started, the MRI tech asked me whether I wanted to listen to any music to help drown out the noise.

Me: Do you have The Beatles?

Tech: Yes.

Me: Cool - I'll listen to them.

So, just before the MRI started, I was lying on the table that would slide into the tunnel and the tech put a panic button into my hand.

Tech: This is in case you get distressed once you are in the tunnel.

Me: Can I press it if a Ringo song comes on?

Tech (laughing hard): No!

azgal · ‎03-09-2010

Funny!

I don't think even the Beatles could get me to have an MRI. I've had a few but can't do them anymore. The sound doesn't bother me it's closeness. Having my nose an inch away from the ceiling- nope can't do it.

Hope your test comes out ok.

“We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.” Abraham Lincoln

Pearlee · ‎06-11-2011

@azgal wrote:
Funny!
I don't think even the Beatles could get me to have an MRI. I've had a few but can't do them anymore. The sound doesn't bother me it's closeness. Having my nose an inch away from the ceiling- nope can't do it.
Hope your test comes out ok.

@azgal Thanks - I know what you mean about the nose itch. This one only lasted 20 minutes - I've had longer ones before. Twenty minutes was about my max yesterday and I was glad it wasn't any longer.

I already have the results - they called me today. It was about when my doc and I expected, no surprises.

Kachina624 · ‎03-10-2010

I had one about a month ago with dye contrast which meant an IV in the arm and it lasted about 45 minutes. I thought it would never be over, and they didn't even offer music.

New Mexico☀️Land Of Enchantment

Shorty2U · ‎03-09-2010

That's funny. Did you have headphones or did they play it in the MRI room on speakers?

I always say anything but country music which I hate! I happen to dislike MRIs and I have to go in them every 2 years (for 2 MRIs) for my spine issues. I learned to conquer them, with a valium. lol. Anyway they just play the radio station over the speaker because I don't want headphones.. (I don't let them put covers on me either). I don't mind the banging, its the closed in I'm not keen on.

And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make~ The Beatles

Kachina624 · ‎03-10-2010

@Shorty2U I had noise canceling headphones but no music. I have back issues similar to yours, as I recall. By the time I got off that hard table I was practically paralyzed and in terrible pain. Had to sit and regain my senses before I could walk to the car.

New Mexico☀️Land Of Enchantment

Blingqueen023 · ‎03-09-2010

@azgal wrote:
Funny!
I don't think even the Beatles could get me to have an MRI. I've had a few but can't do them anymore. The sound doesn't bother me it's closeness. Having my nose an inch away from the ceiling- nope can't do it.
Hope your test comes out ok.

Never say never. Hope you never have to endure having a lymphoma. You'll have several PET Scans where you lye on your back with arms over your head in a closed ring and you can't move. Oh, did I forget to mention the spinal tap that was so painful? Yep had that too.

It's like the saying goes, "You do what you have to do."

SaRina · ‎04-17-2015

This is how my first MRI went:

The MRI Tech explained, “We’re going to move you into the machine now and You Won’t See Me for a while. “If I Call Your Name,” will you answer?”, I asked. She told me not to speak once inside -- If I Needed Someone, to press the panic button. I said, “I Will.” The tech told me to think of Golden Slumbers and said, “All you gotta do is…. Act Naturally." (oops @Pearlee!). I figured it would only be 45 minutes of Misery.

Into the MRI machine I went. “Help! Someone --- Hold Me Tight!” Midway through the exam, my nose began to itch. I couldn’t stand it any longer and pressed the panic button. No Reply. Thankfully, the itch subsided. Finally, I heard a voice above my head. “How are you doing, Sarina?” “I Feel Fine.” She Said (She Said), “Don’t worry – It Won’t Be Long!” I could just picture one tech saying to the other, "You're Gonna Lose That Girl." "Nah, she'll be okay -- as long as she Don't Bother Me!"

I Want to Tell You.....the exam wasn’t as bad as I had Imagine-d. All I could think of was….. When I Get Home, I’m going to dig into that quart of ice cream!

The End.

Pearlee · ‎06-11-2011

@SaRina wrote:
This is how my first MRI went:

The MRI Tech explained, “We’re going to move you into the machine now and You Won’t See Me for a while. “If I Call Your Name,” will you answer?”, I asked. She told me not to speak once inside -- If I Needed Someone, to press the panic button. I said, “I Will.” The tech told me to think of Golden Slumbers and said, “All you gotta do is…. Act Naturally." (oops @Pearlee!). I figured it would only be 45 minutes of Misery.

Into the MRI machine I went. “Help! Someone --- Hold Me Tight!” Midway through the exam, my nose began to itch. I couldn’t stand it any longer and pressed the panic button. No Reply. Thankfully, the itch subsided. Finally, I heard a voice above my head. “How are you doing, Sarina?” “I Feel Fine.” She Said (She Said), “Don’t worry – It Won’t Be Long!” I could just picture one tech saying to the other, "You're Gonna Lose That Girl." "Nah, she'll be okay -- as long as she Don't Bother Me!"

I Want to Telll You.....the exam wasn’t as bad as I had Imagine-d. All I could think of was….. When I Get Home, I’m going to dig into that quart of ice cream!

The End.

@SaRina I love it! How very clever of you. This is probably my favorite post ever! So glad I started this thread now, just to read your post! I'm thinking one of the two techs - there were two - was Michelle. and the other was Eleanor Rigby! LOL!

Pearlee · ‎06-11-2011

@Shorty2U wrote:
That's funny. Did you have headphones or did they play it in the MRI room on speakers?
I always say anything but country music which I hate! I happen to dislike MRIs and I have to go in them every 2 years (for 2 MRIs) for my spine issues. I learned to conquer them, with a valium. lol. Anyway they just play the radio station over the speaker because I don't want headphones.. (I don't let them put covers on me either). I don't mind the banging, its the closed in I'm not keen on.

@Shorty2U Headphones. And I should have asked them - Michelle and Eleanor LOL - to turn up the volume because the music was too soft. Ironically, what I heard most of any of the music was Ringo's drum beat! At least the machine noises did pipe down long enough for me to hear Hey Jude clearly.