You know what's not fun? Figuring out that you're claustrophobic two minutes into an MRI.
WG: (Squeezes little "call for help" ball desperately)
Disembodied Technician Voice (DTV): Are you okay?
WG: I'm really dizzy. Is the machine spinning.
DTV: No, it's not spinning. Sometimes lying flat on your back with your eyes closed is disorienting.
WG: Oh.
DTV: Besides, um, aren't you here because you feel dizzy?
WG: Crap. OK, fine.
I spent the rest of the hour trying to breathe and telling myself not to open my eyes and start screaming. Good times!
Tuesday, September 09, 2008
My Visit to the Neurologist, by WG
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3 comments:
hour? that sucks WG. did you at least get to do it at a decent hour?
we here in the land of socialised medicine have to run these round the clock so I got mine at 1 am.
eek, that sounds awful! Evidently you lived to tell the tale, though, so that's good. Here's hoping they find something minor and easily treatable - I'm not saying I want something to be wrong with you, but better that than finding nothing, leaving you still not knowing what's causing the dizziness, right?
I have never had an MRI but it sounds awful! I'm not normally a claustrophobic person but I think I'd easily freak out too. I hope everything is normal and there's something less serious causing your dizziness.
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