Please help me with this fear of the MRI machine :(?!
Question: Please help me with this fear of the MRI machine :(!?
I'm generally an anxious person, and tomorrow I've got an MRI of the pelvis and later this month, an MRI of the spine at a 'teaching hospital'!. My main fear is microparticles of metal flying into the machine and lodging into my body without me feeling it, yes, I know that sounds irrational, but its what I'm really afraid of!. I've been prescribed Xanax so I can take 2mg of that no problem, but the paranoid thoughts are still going to be there during and much after the procedure!. Just how likely is it for a really small piece of metal to fly into the machine and lodge into my head or body!? I'm talking about something that can come in under a students shoe!. The other thing is, are these kids going to be around me when the machine is working!? I would rather have no one else in the room! I'm thinking of just cancelling my MRI's, my spine and pelvis feels much better than the first week after the incident!. I just don't want to get the MRI and regret it so bad later!. Thanks to anyone who knowWww@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
You don't have to worry about having anyone else in the room!. The techs leave the room to operate the equipment from a computer!.
I worked in a teaching hospital in a different department, but I remember hearing at a meeting that a janitor had unknowingly taken his mop bucket (which had a metal piece on it) inside this room after hours, and it got stuck to the MRI machine!. So, if anyone has things on their feet before the exam, it should fly to the machine without hurting you!.
These facilities do millions of MRI scans a year, and are very safe!. Don't worry and good luck!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
I worked in a teaching hospital in a different department, but I remember hearing at a meeting that a janitor had unknowingly taken his mop bucket (which had a metal piece on it) inside this room after hours, and it got stuck to the MRI machine!. So, if anyone has things on their feet before the exam, it should fly to the machine without hurting you!.
These facilities do millions of MRI scans a year, and are very safe!. Don't worry and good luck!.Www@Answer-Health@Com