Re: Another MRI plus medication question

Joel VL Cordeiro (jvlcjvlc(AT)juno.com)
Sun, 29 Mar 1998 22:15:20 -0800

Hi Sharon,
I had an MRI of my head as well.
It seems to me, if I remember correctly, that they did immobilized my
head.
Joel
On Sun, 29 Mar 1998 14:42:13 EST Marsden51 <Marsden51(AT)aol.com> writes:
>In a message dated 98-03-29 00:26:41 EST, aurore(AT)erols.com writes:
>
><< Hope the MRI goes well. Do they cover your eyes and ears when they
>do the
> MRI? I was nervous, too, so my neurologist prescribed the valium and
>said
> to be sure to ask the technician to block out the noise and cover my
>eyes. >>
>
>Aurore (and all):
>
>When I had my first MRI (of my neck) they couldn't use the music
>headphones
>because of the cage thing they had my head in (to keep my neck still).
> The
>second MRI I took valium and had a different technician. I told the
>tech
>about my panic attack during the first MRI and he said he would talk
>to me off
>and on during the MRI. He also said that if I felt I had to get out
>all I had
>to do was say so--that he could hear me because there is a speaker. I
>didn't
>know that with the first one.
>
>Who on the list has had an MRI of the brain? Do they have to
>immobilize your
>head?
>
>Sharon M. (from Arizona)
>
>

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