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[PigletsPal2]

I thought I was the only one who fell asleep during MRIs! I've had four of my brain, all with contrast. I did feel like I had to pee, but the worst part was the injection itself - I have very small veins and they have to use an infant needle. One MRI confirmed a benign tumor behind my right eye; tumor surgically removed without complications.

Hope all goes (went) well and that the result is best-case scenario.

Queen Colleen

 

[IdesOmarch]

Good luck I'm sure you'll be OK.

 

[Jennasis]

I'm back! The staff was lovely and the MRI as routine as all the others I've had...with the exception of the liquid panic attack they injected me with. I was fine and dandy for the first half of the test. Laying quietly, drifting off into uncomfortable sleep in the midst of what sounded like a very poorly run rave. Then the tech let me know she was injecting the dye (she was great. Asked if I wanted her to talk to me throughout the test, and I told her to just let me know when the dye was coming).

And my body starts to have a bit of a freak out...I feel the warmth spreading through me and I get this awful AWFUL taste in my mouth. My fingers and toes felt all tingly and weird so my body immediately thinks something is wrong and a mild panic attack starts to creep up on me (tight chest, a sinking feeling). I spent a good 5 minutes fighting an internal battle between my very rational thinking brain and my total meltdown body, trying to let the brain convince the rest of me to just chill the heck out!

Luckily, my brain won out.

Man that stuff tasted just awful...like a mouthful of iodine. blech! Results in 3-5 days...stay tuned!

 

[lovesmurfs]

I'm back! The staff was lovely and the MRI as routine as all the others I've had...with the exception of the liquid panic attack they injected me with. I was fine and dandy for the first half of the test. Laying quietly, drifting off into uncomfortable sleep in the midst of what sounded like a very poorly run rave. Then the tech let me know she was injecting the dye (she was great. Asked if I wanted her to talk to me throughout the test, and I told her to just let me know when the dye was coming).

And my body starts to have a bit of a freak out...I feel the warmth spreading through me and I get this awful AWFUL taste in my mouth. My fingers and toes felt all tingly and weird so my body immediately thinks something is wrong and a mild panic attack starts to creep up on me (tight chest, a sinking feeling). I spent a good 5 minutes fighting an internal battle between my very rational thinking brain and my total meltdown body, trying to let the brain convince the rest of me to just chill the heck out!

Luckily, my brain won out.

Man that stuff tasted just awful...like a mouthful of iodine. blech! Results in 3-5 days...stay tuned!

Glad it went well, in spite of your Star Trek experience....best wishes.

 

[Dan Murphy]

Good wishes, Jennasis. Hoping good results are on the way.

 

[snapppyd]

I'm back! The staff was lovely and the MRI as routine as all the others I've had...with the exception of the liquid panic attack they injected me with. I was fine and dandy for the first half of the test. Laying quietly, drifting off into uncomfortable sleep in the midst of what sounded like a very poorly run rave. Then the tech let me know she was injecting the dye (she was great. Asked if I wanted her to talk to me throughout the test, and I told her to just let me know when the dye was coming).

And my body starts to have a bit of a freak out...I feel the warmth spreading through me and I get this awful AWFUL taste in my mouth. My fingers and toes felt all tingly and weird so my body immediately thinks something is wrong and a mild panic attack starts to creep up on me (tight chest, a sinking feeling). I spent a good 5 minutes fighting an internal battle between my very rational thinking brain and my total meltdown body, trying to let the brain convince the rest of me to just chill the heck out!

Luckily, my brain won out.

Man that stuff tasted just awful...like a mouthful of iodine. blech! Results in 3-5 days...stay tuned!

OMG, don't mean to make this about me - but - the other day I cleaned the ice and snow off the car and forgot my gloves. My fingers felt FROZEN - and then I got all nauseous and dizzy and thought I was going to faint. That never happened to me before. So weird that you started to freak out after your fingers and toes got tingly!

Sorry to go OT - I'll keep hoping for good results for you!

 

[acejka]

I HATE THE dye!! I had to get it for the CT i had last month when I appendix went stupid on me... I got up and started crying that I peed my gown? pants? what do we want to call that.

I'm glad the taste went away fast because I'm sensitive to that kind of stuff and I didn't want it to make me puke from the taste.

I started having a panic attack too... I'm so claustrophobic that when they started pushing the bed through the ct tube, ugghh. I don't know why I got like that, the darn thing was wide open, unlike the MRI.... stupid me!

 

[disfan07]

yeah, the dye they inject can leave a very bad metallic taste in your mouth

I knew there was something I was forgetting in my last post

 

[honugirl]

Good luck with the MRI. I get pituitary scans with contrast regularly. I've had a tumor removed from mine (the easiest surgery I've had and I've had a lot!).