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MRI Scan
I had an MRI scan last week (won't know if it's produced any useful information for a week or two). I suspect it's only looking for long-shot options on the cause of the vertigo.
Having a scan is staggeringly boring. You wait for ages in the waiting room (but at least there's decent magazines), then you lie down with your head in a ring just like on your average hospital TV show. You effectively have your head in a box, but they thoughtfully provide an angled mirror so you can see the guy at the controls. I suspect this makes people a lot less likely to panic.
They offer you a choice of music on big, padded, headphones. There's a reason for this...
Being in a scanner is noisy - that's the bit the TV shows gloss over.
They give you the headphones for a reason.
Being in a scanner is not just noisy, it is very noisy.
When you have the headphones on, playing banal music of limited choice, you can just about hear the music over the sound of a pile driver.
It really, truly, sounds just like someone is operating a pile driver right next to you - and that's WITH the headphones and music.
I shudder to think what it sounds like without the headphones! The medical staff all sensibly retire to another room with a closed door before they switch it on.
Being a fairly phlegmatic person, I lay back, closed my eyes for most of the 1-15 mins the scan took and day-dreamed about Doctor Who. I suspect some people might find it a little scary, but personally, it was reassuringly dull.
Having a scan is staggeringly boring. You wait for ages in the waiting room (but at least there's decent magazines), then you lie down with your head in a ring just like on your average hospital TV show. You effectively have your head in a box, but they thoughtfully provide an angled mirror so you can see the guy at the controls. I suspect this makes people a lot less likely to panic.
They offer you a choice of music on big, padded, headphones. There's a reason for this...
Being in a scanner is noisy - that's the bit the TV shows gloss over.
They give you the headphones for a reason.
Being in a scanner is not just noisy, it is very noisy.
When you have the headphones on, playing banal music of limited choice, you can just about hear the music over the sound of a pile driver.
It really, truly, sounds just like someone is operating a pile driver right next to you - and that's WITH the headphones and music.
I shudder to think what it sounds like without the headphones! The medical staff all sensibly retire to another room with a closed door before they switch it on.
Being a fairly phlegmatic person, I lay back, closed my eyes for most of the 1-15 mins the scan took and day-dreamed about Doctor Who. I suspect some people might find it a little scary, but personally, it was reassuringly dull.