tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390887323225900020.post2397361338310273293..comments2023-08-10T07:04:41.105-04:00Comments on Channeling Jackie-O: Tips for Surviving an MRIUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390887323225900020.post-83608579199338290862013-08-15T11:46:45.944-04:002013-08-15T11:46:45.944-04:00Thanks for the tips, I've "survived"...Thanks for the tips, I've "survived" three closed MRI'S and two open for a brain tumor. One of the best tips I read was by a person who suggested visualizing assisting a child needing an MRI. As an adult male I can certainly withstand the claustrophobia better than a child so I intend to utilize that technique tomorrow during my next MRI....thanks for the suggestions hope mine helps someone get through theirs. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390887323225900020.post-65780612487486407092011-04-13T21:41:42.284-04:002011-04-13T21:41:42.284-04:00I get a CT scan and Otreotide scan in June. I'...I get a CT scan and Otreotide scan in June. I'll be done for the semester, but will be heading to Mexico City for research the week after my scans! Have you ever had an O-scan? The O-scan is open, there's a camera about an inch away from your face and it scans your whole body all the way around, so it rotates up and down and then around. It takes 25 - 30 minutes on one day and then about an hour the next day. I think I could talk myself into getting the scan at this point, but when they first wanted me to have one, I was being a big baby about it. :-)<br /><br />What's funny is that I went to a new Dr this week and she was so shocked that I had lung carcinoid. She even had her nurse double check that I was the correct patient after she saw my history! She got a kick out of hearing nothing on my left side where the lung should be. <br /><br />I'll plan to document my visit this june a little more and blog about it.Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15806063016332212065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390887323225900020.post-44620547262666911832011-04-13T15:30:34.947-04:002011-04-13T15:30:34.947-04:00Thanks Stephanie! I still say that the next scan y...Thanks Stephanie! I still say that the next scan you get you screw around with them for a little bit -- "What do you mean I only have one lung?" Are you done with school before you get the Otreotide? Is that instead of the MRI? You could totally do an MRI... I'm a big chicken and I got through it. Glad these tips could help if you're stuck doing an MRI in the future... but hopefully the Otreotide will come out looking good. Keep me posted - and thanks for all of your support :)Ms. Marlena Johnstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11956249429973853342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390887323225900020.post-62457798914890100832011-04-12T22:32:36.196-04:002011-04-12T22:32:36.196-04:00These tips are great!! I've avoided an MRI thu...These tips are great!! I've avoided an MRI thus far, but have a Otreotide scan coming up in June. I love those silly diagrams, too. I always plan to do something fun after my scans, that way I can just relax and think about what I'll be doing later. I hope to keep avoiding an MRI (mostly because I am just not into being in such an enclosed space), but if I ever need one, I think your tips will be of great help!!Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15806063016332212065noreply@blogger.com