Today I had a Magnetic Resonance Imaging test on my neck to see if there is a pinched nerve or a pinched artery.
I was asked many questions about if there is anything metal in my body and I said I think my Hernia repairs used stainless steel wires and my Heart Artery stents are metal. They asked if a piece of metal got in my eye and I said it was removed (the metal bit, not my eye) and an X-ray showed that it was gone.
I was asked a few times if I am pregnant (I am an old guy!) and if I am certain that I am not pregnant.
I was asked if I am claustrophobic and I said no.
I was given ear plugs and an over the ears headphone was put on. It was clamped tightly to my ears. All I heard was my heartbeat until the machine was turned on.
I was rolled into the very expensive machine that has its electromagnet super-conductor wire cooled with liquid helium.
Then I heard loud low frequency pulses and felt vibrations for 20 minutes. Hundreds of diesel engine and motorcycle sounds. Fantastic, I wish I recorded the sounds. But I can never produce loud low frequencies like that.
This test, a previous X-ray and a previous ultrasound cost me nothing since my government pays for most medical procedures.
I got the cataracts in my eyes fixed, I got my heart attack blocked heart arteries fixed and now I will get my neck fixed.
I was asked many questions about if there is anything metal in my body and I said I think my Hernia repairs used stainless steel wires and my Heart Artery stents are metal. They asked if a piece of metal got in my eye and I said it was removed (the metal bit, not my eye) and an X-ray showed that it was gone.
I was asked a few times if I am pregnant (I am an old guy!) and if I am certain that I am not pregnant.
I was asked if I am claustrophobic and I said no.
I was given ear plugs and an over the ears headphone was put on. It was clamped tightly to my ears. All I heard was my heartbeat until the machine was turned on.
I was rolled into the very expensive machine that has its electromagnet super-conductor wire cooled with liquid helium.
Then I heard loud low frequency pulses and felt vibrations for 20 minutes. Hundreds of diesel engine and motorcycle sounds. Fantastic, I wish I recorded the sounds. But I can never produce loud low frequencies like that.
This test, a previous X-ray and a previous ultrasound cost me nothing since my government pays for most medical procedures.
I got the cataracts in my eyes fixed, I got my heart attack blocked heart arteries fixed and now I will get my neck fixed.