Jen1961
Is on her way!
I saw my consultant about a month ago and he said he was signing me off his clinic but before he goes ahead with my op for gastric bypass and the removal of my gall bladder, he wanted to check that I had no gall stones that had moved down into any of my ducts so he was going to send me for a MRCP scan.
He said if any stones were found then I could have a procedure done orally before my bypass to clear the stones out of the bile ducts.
Off I went to do my internet research (like you do) and managed to put the fear of God into me.
Well I got the appointment through, 6.30pm one evening which made me feel a little uneasy because of the time of the appointment. I went along and my biggest fear was not fitting into the MRI scanner. I took along some of my own music, a new night dress that fit me well (as I didn't want to walk around with my bottom on show) and was soon asked to go to a changing area to get ready.
The nurse asked if I had ever had an MRI scan before and I said no. She said you will be fine. I said I am panicking I wont fit. She said, 'don't worry about that, everyone fits'. I was shown into a changing room and listened to the noise the machine was making for the patient before me and thought I can cope with that I am sure and prepared myself for a noisy procedure.
Soon 20 minutes passed and I was shown into the xray room where I was asked to lay on this low bed. I was worrying about having a line fitted for them to inject iodine and having it knocked out of my hand accidentaly if the machine was too tight. These fears were soon put to rest as I wasn't going to have a line fitted for this scan (darn my internet researching!!) So one panic over I was raised and proceeded to be wheeled into the machine.
'Hang on' I called.. its way too close to my face (it was litterally a couple of inches at most off my nose the roof of the unit). They pulled me back out and said it will be snug but try and relax. I got my head phones placed with my lovely relaxing music playing, and then they laid these pads over my torso and stuck them down with tape as they weren't for sitting there unaided!! Then I was wheeled back towards the unit. Oh humm, there was no way I was going to fit now. The radiologist pressed down on my tummy and the other lady pushed the table in the machine a little when I heard the man say, 'This isn't going to work, she won't fit'.
OMG!! I was mortified. He tried to reassure me and said a few people don't fit. I said its too late, your collegue told me 'everyone' fitted! He said 'Well they are all a standard size but there is a larger unit in Sheffield. Maybe you will have to have an ultrasound instead'.
I put my head in my hands and just wanted the ground to open up and swallow me whole. :cry: :cry:
So now I am waiting to hear back from my consultant to see what I have to do now.
Am I the only person that can't fit into these units? I know I am big (hold a lot of weight around my midriff) but there must be plenty more people larger and this must be a problem if they have some medical problem that only an MRI scan will find?
He said if any stones were found then I could have a procedure done orally before my bypass to clear the stones out of the bile ducts.
Off I went to do my internet research (like you do) and managed to put the fear of God into me.
Well I got the appointment through, 6.30pm one evening which made me feel a little uneasy because of the time of the appointment. I went along and my biggest fear was not fitting into the MRI scanner. I took along some of my own music, a new night dress that fit me well (as I didn't want to walk around with my bottom on show) and was soon asked to go to a changing area to get ready.
The nurse asked if I had ever had an MRI scan before and I said no. She said you will be fine. I said I am panicking I wont fit. She said, 'don't worry about that, everyone fits'. I was shown into a changing room and listened to the noise the machine was making for the patient before me and thought I can cope with that I am sure and prepared myself for a noisy procedure.
Soon 20 minutes passed and I was shown into the xray room where I was asked to lay on this low bed. I was worrying about having a line fitted for them to inject iodine and having it knocked out of my hand accidentaly if the machine was too tight. These fears were soon put to rest as I wasn't going to have a line fitted for this scan (darn my internet researching!!) So one panic over I was raised and proceeded to be wheeled into the machine.
'Hang on' I called.. its way too close to my face (it was litterally a couple of inches at most off my nose the roof of the unit). They pulled me back out and said it will be snug but try and relax. I got my head phones placed with my lovely relaxing music playing, and then they laid these pads over my torso and stuck them down with tape as they weren't for sitting there unaided!! Then I was wheeled back towards the unit. Oh humm, there was no way I was going to fit now. The radiologist pressed down on my tummy and the other lady pushed the table in the machine a little when I heard the man say, 'This isn't going to work, she won't fit'.
OMG!! I was mortified. He tried to reassure me and said a few people don't fit. I said its too late, your collegue told me 'everyone' fitted! He said 'Well they are all a standard size but there is a larger unit in Sheffield. Maybe you will have to have an ultrasound instead'.
I put my head in my hands and just wanted the ground to open up and swallow me whole. :cry:
:cry:So now I am waiting to hear back from my consultant to see what I have to do now.
Am I the only person that can't fit into these units? I know I am big (hold a lot of weight around my midriff) but there must be plenty more people larger and this must be a problem if they have some medical problem that only an MRI scan will find?
