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Different types of MRI machines for disc issues in neck and back?
Bones, Joints & Muscles | Last Active: Mar 10, 2023 | Replies (10)Comment receiving replies
Thank you I have had several MRIs over the years.
I am aware one can take "sedative" - but then I feel I have no
"control". My problem is not only claustrophobia (my diagnosis), but the fact it is very difficult to get up from a prone position - I sort of have to "adjust" my back. I know they will help me, but lying down for 30 min. is very difficult.
I have slept in a living room chair for a year now. MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE THAN A BED and I feel better getting up in the morning. So Q. is: are the MRIs any good where you do not lie down (in an open or closed)?
I realize for serious brain (etc.) surgery, one must do closed. (No doctor has told me to not sleep in a sitting position in liv. rm. chair. I use airplane pillow for neck and put feet on a foot stool. I rarely move in this position during sleeping. People wonder if this damages my back.)
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I have had several MRI scans. Here is how I do it; I hope this can help. A washcloth they are supposed to give you over the eyes, before you go in the tube. I would freak out, if I looked around inside there. A foam wedge pillow under my knees, and a blanket over me. A wonderful Russian women doctor who was getting her U.S. credentials figured this out for me. The young male American resident couldn't have cared less.