@mountainseeker while having the procedure, for 77 minutes, I could hear my pulse beeping on the IV machine. To entertain myself, I tried to slow and speed up my pulse. When they took me out of the machine the radiation oncologist remarked that I was holding quite still and she asked if I had fallen asleep. I told her that I was awake, but in order to keep myself entertained, I had tried to lower and speed up my pulse rate. After I said that the entire room went silent. You could have heard a pin drop. I laugh about it. Apparently, no one has ever said that before. I found I could lower my pulse rate by consciously relaxing. I had to work at it a bit. I couldn't make my pulse rate speed up, but as soon as I quit focusing on the relaxation, my pulse rate returned to normal. Maybe it isn't something they would want you to do, but it did keep me entertained and somewhat relaxed during the procedure. I have also had some really long MRIs. I have done some goofy stuff to keep myself entertained. When I was a little girl we had a story that was written much like the song "There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly." I tried to recite that entire book from memory, to myself of course. Nothing out loud. (I wasn't supposed to move me head not to mention that I would have embarrassed myself beyond measure.) I even started singing, in my head,100 Bottles of Beer on the Wall. I do some writing and I wrote about that experience but I can't seem to find it right now. I think it was called 10 Things To Do While Lying in an MRI Machine for 2 Hours. Something like that. You've heard enough from me. Just thought I would throw out a few of the strategies I used to keep entertained in that kind of situation. Again, best wishes!