anyone had MRI?

They are find had one for my chest when I ruptured my pec ><

They said you cant move and I found it very uncomfortable to keep my arm in a particular position.

In regards to a foot this should be easier! Good luck
 
I would imagine you are going in foot first.

They are noisy. I had to spend half an hour lying with my left arm up behind my back for a scan of my shoulder. That was uncomfortable.
 
I have one every 5 years to track my MS. I'm fully inside as they do brain and spinal scan.
It takes a while but as others have said, you'll sort of nod off.
 
I had one on my knee earlier this year. They sent me in feet first so my torso never entered the machine.

Was quite disappointed when it finished. The assorted whirring and clunking noises were relaxing. The machine was less than a year old so it may have been quieter than older models.
 
Mrs Shelster is an MRI radiographer and with Nuffield Health and has been in and out of them a few times, with no worries.

They are noisy and she has had a fair few people who are claustro in there, but has had no worries getting them through.

As an ankle you will probably go in feet first and they will put a coil around your ankle. Not surew how many sequences (times thorugh the scanner) they will do to get the full image, but usually they run from 3 upwards. You do have to keep very still during the scan as if you move it messes with the image and you will need to redo the sequence.

I keep trying to get her to put me in, but she hasn't so far. I can see why some people are wary of them and get a wee bit claustro, but I kind fo think that if they put you in and you close your eyes, you cant actually see how close the scanner is, so could be anywhere and get rid of the claustro feeling

Kefkef....who do you work for?
 
Rilot said:
I have one every 5 years to track my MS. I'm fully inside as they do brain and spinal scan.
It takes a while but as others have said, you'll sort of nod off.
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Im 6' 2" and havent had any problems yet fitting in an MRI. some are snug across the shoulders, but if its ankle then you have no worries.

Hate the full on Head/Neck/Spine scan.
Stick you in, cook for 30 mins. Then bring you out, place the spine gizmo on you then back in for another 20 mins.

Worst was a contrast scan. In for 20 mins. Then out while they fill you with the contrast dye then back in again.

Mine keep coming back clear of Lesions, which confuses them.:confused:
 
I've had one on my knee. I have to say I found it really fun, but then I like large fancy electronic equipment that makes interesting whirring noises.
 
Have had my knee and lower back done. For my knee they just stuck my legs in; for my back I was in head first. No idea why not feet fiirst.
 
Had numerous!

Had one for when I ruptured my right ACL+ cartilidge,
Had one when I did my cartilidge in my other knee!
Had one when I had issues with my groin (hur hur), which turned otu to be RSI of the muscle (fnar fnar) from too much football.

Each time I brought in a cd (last time it was Nirvana - Live in New York) and fell asleep :D
 
i was about 17 stone when i had my leg done, i cant say i enjoyed it, i felt very claustrophobic and that was going in leg first, perhaps thats why my nose was nearly touching the top, but if i had to go in head first there is no way i could do it without being sedated.
 
Had two, with my third any day now. All three are due to the fact that I've had Encephalitis in the past so they're monitoring brain tissue inflamation to make sure the swelling remains minimal.

I went into the machine head first and it was a piece of cake tbh. Noisy yes, but it wasn't anything to be worried about. I was nervous during my first time but it was over in about 5mins (hurrhurr :o).
 
I've had several. Great machines, especially if you get to listen to some music while you're inside. :)
 
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