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> From: Marsden51[SMTP:Marsden51(AT)aol.com]
> Sent: Sunday, March 29, 1998 11:42 AM
> To: aurore(AT)erols.com tmic-list(AT)eskimo.com
> Subject: Re: Another MRI plus medication question
>
> 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)
>