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Ive had two MRI scans, both with the dye injected. So much dye goes in and they pump it in fast. Made my balls tingle.
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Nope.
A doctor refered him for an mri
HIS doctor is his gp.
Just since you seem to be having a problem with common english phrashing.
These days the needle comes out and your left with a little flexible rubber tube in the vein.
Far mkre comfortable.
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A guy I know had one done at Chester zoo because he was to fat to fit in the one at the local hospital
The length of time that the scan takes will depend on the anatomical region to image and which sort of images they want to acquire. There are loads of difference sequences that they can use to enhance tissues of differing water content and characteristics. The tunnel can be a bit tight, but you'll be given earphones to wear - it's very loud and makes some very unusual noises. When I had a ride in one for research purposes I listened to music and fell asleep.
Reporting times again depend on anatomical area of interest and which images are acquired. If it's a very complex scan will lots of different sequences to acquire, it might require a very specialist radiologist to report and this takes time. Reporting is not an instantaneous process, so you'll have to be a bit patient.
Hope it all goes ok!
Reporting times again depend on anatomical area of interest and which images are acquired. If it's a very complex scan will lots of different sequences to acquire, it might require a very specialist radiologist to report and this takes time. Reporting is not an instantaneous process, so you'll have to be a bit patient.
Hope it all goes ok!
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I said earlier that at our Trust a Radiologist will come in at the weekend for a bit of overtime.
I often have to request a report to be done from months/years ago because it hasn't been done on CRIS and the reply will be 'It should be there on Monday'.
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I kep moving so it took longer. There are a lot worse things to have done in a hospital.
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Pretty sure we've got a member on here who is a tough guy but has cancelled several MRI's because he's a scaredy cat. I think he's been having it done and they've had to stop and get him out.
Ive had 6 or so this year after they picked up a brain tumour and I then had an MRI functional scan to check its location pre op and was in an MRI for the actual operation albeit out cold....back in June...
Wonderful things in my opinion, tumour removed (benign) and got to go back for another scan in March, noisy but soothing in a strange way ....
Wonderful things in my opinion, tumour removed (benign) and got to go back for another scan in March, noisy but soothing in a strange way ....
I had one a couple years ago. I was concentrating so hard on being still I found it hard to breathe.
Also I forgot to mention I have a load of metal plates in my shoulder and it came to me as soon as it started clunking real loud, cause a mild panic attack for fear of he magnets ripping my shoulder out of my body :/
Also I forgot to mention I have a load of metal plates in my shoulder and it came to me as soon as it started clunking real loud, cause a mild panic attack for fear of he magnets ripping my shoulder out of my body :/
Someone said he should ask his doctor, which obviously was referring to the doctor that referred him. The question of who his doctor is irrelevant to that question. So saying he wasn't referred by his doctor led to more than one of us being confused.
Well I had my MRI scan this morning and like others have said it wasn't a big deal. It was very loud though even with ear plugs in. I wasn't offered any music or radio so basically I just lay there, eyes shut, trying not to move. Must have taken about 20 minutes and was told results take between 10 and 14 days. Thankfully I didn't need any contrast die.
The staff who do the scan are not qualified to analyse the results and so they are forwarded to a specialist. Obviously there is a backlog to work through hence the 10-14 days. That's what I was told.
It's just crazy. I paid for my MRI, fair enough, but I knew immediately the results.
The GF and I have spent the last 5 months trying to find out why we cant reproduce. It's insane. "Wait a week then make an appointment" "we've got no appointments for 2 weeks". It just goes on.
Anyway, hope you get the answers you're looking for eh.
The GF and I have spent the last 5 months trying to find out why we cant reproduce. It's insane. "Wait a week then make an appointment" "we've got no appointments for 2 weeks". It just goes on.
Anyway, hope you get the answers you're looking for eh.
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I've already explained it twice.
Cool. Something about people working weekends?
My doctor was working weekdays. And he gave me my results when i got out of the machine. He pointed and said "See this? Is bad" and i spent the next two weeks not waiting for anything.
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well a quick explanation for people asking why the results are not instant. An MRI scan is not a single scan, it is made up of multiple short scans. what these scans are depend on just what pathology/s are being looked at. for those interested google: T1 weighted, T2 weighted, stir ,fat stat . these are a small number of the possible scans. each of these short scans that makes up "your" scan consists of between 100's or sometimes 1000's of individual slices. a head scan could easily contain 7 or 8 scans and each of these containing 100's of slices. each of these slices needs to be viewed by a medic to give a diagnosis. so when people say the results are just "there" to view its not that straight forward, it takes a while to view thousands of slices!.
combine that with a shortage in radiologists- these are the doctors that went on to specialize and report the scans, for those who didn't know, it adds up. so no its not instant, and with a lot of poorly patients to review there will always be some wait.
combine that with a shortage in radiologists- these are the doctors that went on to specialize and report the scans, for those who didn't know, it adds up. so no its not instant, and with a lot of poorly patients to review there will always be some wait.
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