Had my very first MRI this morning at Newport Diagnostics.
I went to my doctor yesterday to tell him my sciatica still lingers. Now it is painful in my left hip and it feels like my leg is on fire. The Lodine, Flexeril, Vicodin, Ibuprofen, Darvocet does not work. It is difficult to sit down and enjoy a meal or watch TV or drive for that matter. I haven't ridden my bike for quite some time either.
He scheduled me for an MRI for the next day. There was an opening at 9 a.m. on Valentine's Day.
I drove to the clinic and filled out some paperwork and sat and waited. About 40 minutes later my name was called and I was escorted to a small room and was asked to take my shirt and pants off and put on the gown. Reminded me of "Animal House": Toga, toga, toga, toga....
They had me put on a gown and lie down on the table. They put on a pair of headphones with classical music from Mozart. They raised the table and the radiologist said, "See you in 15 minutes."
"Beam me up, Scotty, it is time to get resonated."
Weird sensation being inserted into a tube with super-magnets.
To avoid feeling claustrophic, I closed my eyes as I listened to the soothing classical music.
Then I heard this "techno" beat sound. Sounded like a jackhammer.
I started to feel a little warm and uncomfortable. I kept thinking of the movie, "The Fly." Are we done yet?
As soon as I thought that, I was slowly being withdrawn into reality. Oooooooooooo....
I was still feeling warm and the radiologist assured me it was the MRI. I was told the machine does warm you up. Skinny people complain of chills. Guys like me with huge muscle mass tend to get warm. Whatever.
Then I was slowly being withdrawn from the tube. The radiologist said, "We need to do a contrast."
So, the radiologist inserted the stuff in my veins and went back in for another 5 minutes.
After that, it was all done.
Now my next concern is what the results will be. The radiologist said it will be one to two days until my doctor will contact me.
I hope it is nothing serious, because I have a couple of mountains to climb...
Mt. Whitney (14,497) and Mt. Rainier (14,410).
