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Looking at the pictures and I can't be anything but glad and hopeful. Having recently gone through (as in, last Friday) a head MRI scan, the process definitely
by httpsterio 6y ago
Looking at the pictures and I can't be anything but glad and hopeful. Having recently gone through (as in, last Friday) a head MRI scan, the process definitely leaves for something to be desired for.
I don't suffer from claustrophobia normally, but being stuck in that long tunnel for half an hour really did a number on me. The head coil was a bit too snug and pressed on my chin making it harder and harder to swallow and panic started to set in halfway through. If it was just my head in a device (with clear sides nonetheless!) I would've been a-okay for longer times as well, but being in that tunnel with only my soles peaking out of it, I had a very real fear of choking and/or getting stuck.
Sometimes modern medicine feels very brutal and scary and it takes a toll on my mental wellbeing. I've put off on getting my gastroscopy for a few years now because again, I don't exactly enjoy feeling like I'm choking and dying.
Anyways, this was just a tangent. Keeping my fingers crossed that I have a tumor in my pituary, would be the best thing to discover in my situation. I'll find out on Friday!
- Luc 6y agoI could breathe normally during my gastroscopy. No pain though it felt strange. The MRI was a lot more taxing mentally, and I had some of the same issues as you. Best of luck.