Open MRI is the bees knees!!

[Cloaca du jour 2,066]

I have had 5 MRIs over the years and they are the worst experience.  They have this Open Mri ...wow was that easy...I wasted a valium for nothing lol.  I highly reccomend Open MRI if u have to get one.

[posty 2,296]

Luckily I will never have to get an MRI again, but after having an MRI in the tight tube, I would have loved to have the Open MRI...

[bostonlager 2,468]

Mine have all been in the open giant circular spaceship looking thing. I would not be able to go into the enclosed tube. 

[Cloaca du jour 2,066]

The tube is the absolute suck...especially for 45 minutes.  My first one was in the basement of an older hospital...had earplugs and muffs...jammed in a tube...omg it sucked..I am not claustrophobic..but I was ready bail.

I had another onr where they put a mirror above your eyes so you could see out and see your feet...didnt help...still sucked.  The third one was carried on a semi trailer that visited the hospital 3 days a week...had music headphones...and was a hair wider...that one wasnt too bad.

This one today was awesome...with music..no earplugs...and no tubes...just a wide flat table..with a thing above you.  Tech was a cutie too 

[Fireballer 2,392]

Damn.  That’s good to know.  I had one about 8-9 years ago and it was the same panic tube that I had 25 years ago.  I’ve been a confined space technician for over 20 years and an MRI is just as bad as any tight spot I’ve been in.

[wiffleball 4,649]

One of my favorite uncle's died largely because that technology didn't exist back in the day. Granted, he had a huge belly too. But he was absolutely terrified of the two. Ended up dying of a relatively slow-moving tumor on his spine.

 

Honestly, he literally would have preferred to die than ever going in the tube.