Taking pictures of my insides
I had my CT and MRI scans yesterday. The experience was not as stressful as I thought it would be, and Peter came with me just so I didn't feel anxious about travelling and finding the correct place to be. The CT scan was straight forward, in and out in 5 minutes or less but the MRI was another experience entirely. I had one when I was a child, or maybe I had a few as I was born with hydracephalus which required a pair of shunts to remove the excess fluid from my brain. I was nervous as I was irrationally convinced that the internal structure might have been left which, being metal, would have been unhelpful inside a large, noisy magnet. I was fine up to the point I had the head brace put over my face, but as I slid inside I was suddenly overcome by panic. It was the fact the top of the scanner was so low over me and the speed at which I was put inside so I squealed and whimpered pathetically and asked to be let out. The technician reassured me that any shunts would be programmab...