Waiting Game!

Okay. The MRI is over. Now comes the waiting. Tumor? Aneurysm? MS? Or just my frickin' imagination?

I have to admit that the MRI process was a bit more intimidating than I expected. I spent a total of probably 60-80 minutes INSIDE the tube itself. After removing any metal objects from my person, they laid me down on this narrow table and strapped my head into a frame that kept my head still. They topped it off my taping my head to the frame to lessen any chance of moving while in the tube. The woman tech told me not to move the entire time I was in the tube. "If your toes are moving, your head is moving." She told me the machine is incredibly loud and handed me some ear plugs. In I went.

Before the procedure they offered some Valium if I had a driver with me. I didn't so I opted out. But I wasn't worried. I wasn't claustrophobic at all. Well, come to find out, I can be claustrophobic if I'm not careful. At one point, at about the 30 minute mark, my mind started predicting the future. What happens IF I do have a tumor? What about work? How do I pay the bills? What if I die? Suddenly I realized I was trapped inside a screaming machine with no way out. I could feel my body starting to panic. I was on the verge of wanting to scream, "let me the hell out of here!" But somehow I was able to talk myself down and before I knew it I was dreaming of laying out on a nice, hot beach somewhere in the Bahamas. All was good.

At one point they brought me out of the tube and injected some radioactive dye into my bloodstream. After 5 minutes the machine sucked me back in for another 20 minutes of so. Before I knew it was over. They pulled the frame off my head and told me I was free to go. Just like that.

On my way out I started to ask one of the techs when I would get the results. Being the number one asked question, I figured, he answered before I got the word "how" out. He said either late this afternoon or tomorrow sometime. I thanked him and stumbled out to my car.

No word as of 8:30 PM. Let's hope tomorrow has some answers!

Ah, ironically I felt better today than I have in weeks! Maybe I'm cured!